After mistakes against Augsburg, the commentary discusses Manuel Neuer's form, age and a change of power in the Bayern goal to Jonas Urbig.
After Manuel Neuer's mistakes in the 2-2 draw against Augsburg, a commentary discusses the goalkeeper's aging, the need for a change of power to Jonas Urbig and FC Bayern's sporting situation.
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Manuel Neuer conceded a goal after a few seconds in the game against FC Augsburg and showed an unfortunate performance in the 2-2 draw.
“An aging boxer is one fight away from becoming a clown.” Does this evil sentence from the US boxing trainer Teddy Atlas also apply to Manuel Neuer after his slapstick action against Augsburg - he shot his opponent Fellhauer after a back pass and caused the fastest goal in the league after 8.4 seconds. Our 2014 world champion is also writing history at the age of 40. It wasn't anything to congratulate...
It is true: the older Neuer gets, the less he seems to be the “old” person. Even the once world's best goalkeeper cannot stop the passage of time. Next to the great goal that made it 0-1, he looked – let’s put it kindly – unhappy when Augsburg lost 1-2.
In retrospect, his World Cup comeback wasn't the best idea. Neuer simply adapted to the rest of the national team's level.
So is he (to paraphrase the boxer saying) just a few games away from becoming a clown? No! It cannot and will not come to that. After such a magnificent high-flying career, he deserves an honorable landing in life afterward.
There needs to be a sensible change of power
Neuer and Bayern coach Vincent Kompany now have to think seriously: How can they achieve a sensible transfer of power to Jonas Urbig - while the game is still running?
This means: The new one certainly shouldn't be taken out of the box straight away. Kompany would never do that. It would also be gross nonsense, especially since his statistics are better than they seem based on the slapstick. In this Bundesliga season he blocked 75 percent of all shots on goal. Last time it was 63 percent.
But Urbig should start playing in the second half of the season at the latest, the hot phase in the championship and Champions League. It cannot be the case that Germany's future number one only gets match practice with national coach Klopp.
It wasn't just Neuer's mistakes that caused Bayern to hit the tree again. Against the Augsburg tree.
Yes, coach Manuel Baum is now unbeaten in the second league game against the record champions. Four offside goals, dozens of chances and no Kane goal plus a great fight from Augsburg. With the 2-2 draw they earned the unofficial title of Bayern-Schreck.
After the stupid lead against Werder on Friday, Dortmund could never have dreamed that they would survive the weekend ahead of Bayern. One should not conclude from this that there will be a dramatic championship fight until the end.
If Neuer is a loser on matchday, then Niclas Füllkrug is one of the big winners. He has already scored four goals for Werder. One more than Harry Kane (33), who is the same age. Can Füllkrug perhaps fill the centre-forward gap at the DFB?
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