But he’s absolutely thriving.īayern signed the teenager with the future in mind – a long-term option to replace veterans Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery who were set to retire. Since his dramatic arrival from the Vancouver Whitecaps for an MLS record fee of ten million euros back in January, the Canadian has been thrown in at the deep end and is playing out of position. Young guns: Zirkzee (left) and Davies celebrate Bayern's win over Freiburg Gnabry is enjoying something of a breakout season himself but at 24, is already a veritable veteran in this new-look Bayern Munich team, a leadership figure and role-model for the likes of Zirkzee – and for Alphonso Davies, for whom things haven’t quite gone according to plan in Munich. Two minutes later, he’d fired home inside the box with his first touch to win it for Bayern. Serge Gnabry promptly added a third to give the scoreboard a flattering flourish. The 18-year-old, whose first-team experience before tonight consisted of four minutes at the end of Bayern’s 3-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League, replaced Philippe Coutinho to make his Bundesliga debut. Flick needed to relieve the pressure and looked to the bench for a possible outlet.Īs the board went up, Dutch striker Joshua Zirkzee was given the nod. Interim Bayern coach Hansi Flick has been operating with a makeshift defense ever since taking over from Niko Kovac in November – and it was rocking here. Vincenzo Grifo’s equalizer just before the hour mark was no more than the hosts deserved, and Christian Streich’s team came close to a second on numerous occasions. The scoreline looked comfortable in the end for Bayern Munich, but it was anything but.įor large parts of the second half in the depths of the Black Forest, the champions had been out-played, out-thought and out-fought by a rampant Freiburg. SC Freiburg 1-3 Bayern Munich Schwarzwaldstadion
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