BL, MD26: FC Nürnberg 1 - 1 FC Bayern München

[YaFCBoy]

Not sure how I feel about the first half line-up, but we certainly weren't dominant.
I did see Hitzfeld tell Podolski to start warming up, so he'll be coming in for the 2nd Half.

[BlackNess]

half time .

Nürnberg 1 - 0 FCB

Podolski is going to come in in the second half ..

I saw Hits pointing at him, he made the sub sign in his hand .

[BlackNess]

Good news .

Werder Bremen 0 - 2 Duisburg at half time .

[hijjawi1]

1-0 Misimovic (Min 44)
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[Eric]

1:0 Nuernberg Misimiovic

And I just have to say it: We play a HORRIBLE line-up. The second i saw this i knew we were fucked.

Seriously what is Hitzfeld thinking ??? That's a 1 single chance in the whole first half line up that was also just fucking horrible n the defense.

I'm sorry but players like Ottl who say they are Bayern quality just have to at least play like it agsint the damned 17th in the bundesliga table.

then lahm as LM ??? Take this one: Lell and Lahm have won 1(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) one god damned fucking one on one situation in the whole first half. If i had to rate right now only kahn would get a 7 cause he clearly had no chance. lell,lahm and ottl are both a 2. and the other guys all a 3.

That's as bad as it was against cottbus. The only one who you can see who actually wants to win is Lucio. All the others look like dead.

Why did i give Lell and Lahm a 2 and not a 0 ? Cause that one goes to hitz today. One of the worst line ups bayern has EVER played in. what happened to not playing with two dm's vs lower table teams ??

I'm pissed cause he sure won't sub till the 70th minute. I'm so glad once he is gone. I can't take it anymore

[Eric]

let's hope he subs poldi in for ottl. I didn't see that during my rant

puts ribery in CM and poldi on the left wing. schweini in for Lahm as rM

that's what i would do. at least make the fucking impression you want to win the game

[hijjawi1]

Podolski Chance (Min 55)
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Koller Chance (Min 58)
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[hijjawi1]

1-1 Podolski (Min 80)
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[USBayernMunichFan]

Great finish! Time to put Miro on the bench!!!

[Trim]

After seeing the other teams results at the same time, I wasn't really worried much, even while we were loosing. It's good that we at least managed to get a draw.

Our lead remains in 7 points with Hamburg, while we have also extended our lead. We have a 9 point lead with Schalke (3rd), and a 10 point lead with Bremen and Leverkusen (4th and 5th).

What we should worry is our game play today, it was a catastrophe.

[vampyrian]

Strange day with Bayern, HSV & Werder all struggling against relegation candidates. Podolski should start next time.

[Oliver_Kahn]

Hiztfeld's line-up was a joke. And Lell is rubbish, he can't tackle to save his life. Doesn't matter if he goes forward a lot, a defender must know how to defend. Lahm is a disgrace.
Podolski should definitely start next week, Klose was abysmal yet again.

At least our direct opponents were as bad as us.. And some even worse.

[Trim]

I thought we were gonna take an easy win today, after our early chance in the 15th second of the game, with the Nürnberg keeper saving a try from Toni.

That was our only dangerous chance, Nürnberg really shut us down after that. They returned all in defense, tackled so poorly, foul after foul which ruined the game really, and they attacked us in counter attack.

The played exactly how they played last season against us, when they won 3-0. All in defense, counter attack. Why didn't Hitzfeld notice that man?

Our defence was crap, Lucio and Van Buyten were both clumsy today. Lell wasn't good either. Ottl was shit, Lahm aswell.

The whole team lacked inspiration, and the constant fouls ruined the game, we couldn't finish an attack properly.

Klose was horrible, Poldi once again shows he's better than him at the moment. It's time Klose sees bench, he shouldn't start next game.

Poldi was really good, one of our rare good players on the field today. He was so active, and smashed that goal.

Ribéry was also good, made some perfect breakthroughts mainly near the corner. Assisted on the goal.

Anyway... It was a poor match, really didn't like what I saw. We could have extended our lead today, but we at least kept it unchanged, and extended it with some rivals.

[Oliver_Kahn]

Half-time sub Lukas Podolski’s late strike, the Germany man’s first league goal of term, earned below-par Munich a valuable draw away to struggling Nürnberg as the 50th Bavarian derby ended all square.

A 46,500 full house at the Nuremberg Frankenstadion saw the leaders begin energetically enough but fade alarmingly as the first half wore on, and former Munich man Zvjezdan Misimovic’s fine opener a minute from the break was no more than the struggling home side deserved.

The out-of-sorts visitors so nearly went two down but for Olli Kahn’s fine reaction save from Jan Koller on the hour, and the Reds were ultimately rewarded for sticking to the task at hand when the only truly classy move of the match opened the way for sub Podolski to open his league account and earn his side a precious point with nine minutes remaining.

Lell and Lahm on the right

Bayern boss Ottmar Hitzfeld made three changes to the side which beat Leverkusen last weekend, all of them enforced. Daniel van Buyten deputised for Martin Demichelis, whose black eye picked up on Argentina duty in midweek turned out to be more of a handicap than originally thought, with Andreas Ottl in for the suspended Mark van Bommel.

The team-sheet showed Christian Lell replacing Hamit Altintop (fractured metatarsal), although the Bayern youth product filled his customary right-back position as Hitzfeld experimented with an unusual tactical variation, preferring Philipp Lahm in an unfamiliar wide midfield role rather than the more obvious option of Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Toni denied

The match almost opened in the best possible manner for the visitors, but FCN keeper Jaromir Blazek denied Luca Toni as the striker charged onto a Ze Roberto flick with little more than ten seconds played.

Bayern comfortably dominated the opening exchanges after that, but the early chance may have lulled the Reds into a false sense of security and man-mountain Koller headed into Kahn’s hands as the home side settled with a quarter of an hour played.

Ivan Saenko forced another routine take from Kahn and Javier Pinola rifled a drive narrowly wide as the warning signs increased midway through the half, but the Munich keeper was on hand to smother Germany international Marco Engelhardt’s 33rd-minute effort.

Home side open scoring

A high, wide and not very handsome Toni shot was all Bayern could muster in an uninspiring half from the leaders’ point of view, but FCN were rewarded for a high-energy display when Lahm and Lell were caught on the hop disputing a throw-in award near the half-way line, allowing Saenko to race clear.

The Russian’s flick found Misimovic, a six-season stalwart in the Bayern youths and reserves, and the Bosnian’s cultured right boot did the rest with a sublime dipping shot from 20 yards.

Hitzfeld reacted to the half-time deficit by withdrawing the out-of-sorts Miro Klose and introducing Podolski, but the new man steered Franck Ribery’s low cross wide of the upright on 55 minutes, and the leaders enjoyed a huge let-off on the hour when Kahn dived to save Koller’s close-range effort after a Lell howler on his own six-yard line.

Lukas crowns final flourish

The Bayern keeper then charged fully 35 yards from goal to deny Andreas Wolf as FCN cleverly used a chance to break, before Hitzfeld sent on Jose Sosa for Lell in an effort to inject creativity into his side’s stilted labours.

Toni came off second best to Blazek in an almighty scramble provoked by a skilful Ribery run and cut-back, but it was still too little and Schweinsteiger finally made an appearance for the defensive Ottl with just short of 20 minutes to play.

The Reds were still lacking inspiration as a team until individual skills conjured up an equaliser nine minutes from time: everything from Ze’s long pass, Toni’s flicked header and Ribery’s deft flick oozed class, leaving Podolski free to hammer home with his left foot and level the scores. The visitors ran down the clock comfortably enough, grateful for the barely deserved point from a less than satisfactory display.


1. FC Nürnberg - Bayern Munich 1-1 (H-T: 1-0)

1. FC Nürnberg: Blazek - Kristiansen, Wolf, Abardonado, Pinola - Galasek, Engelhardt – Vittek (Charisteas 77), Misimovic (Mintal 89), Saenko - Koller

Bayern Munich: Kahn – Lell (Sosa 63), Lucio, van Buyten, Jansen - Lahm, Ottl (Schweinsteiger 73), Zé Roberto, Ribery – Klose (Podolski 46), Toni

Substitutes: Rensing, Schlaudraff, Breno

Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

Spectators: 46,500 (capacity)

[Munchen Minded]

Another reason why Poldi needs to start with Miro getting the bench. I think if Miro became a sub for a few games, he might start getting back to good form. I couldn't believe the players that started today -- why would we want to play all 3 WBs at the same time?? Should have played Sosa or Schweini earlier. I would prefer Schweini over Lahm at this point. Hell, even Schaludraff over Lahm in midfield. Oh well, I guess Hitz had a crystal ball and knew that HSV, Schalke and Werder wouldn't win -- so he went with his "Shit Ass" line up.