VfB Stuttgart 0 FC Bayern Munich 0

Not the most exciting match in the world but at least Stuttgart were able to come out with a point from it. After a spirited first 15 minutes or so from the home side things began to cool down a bit. Big props to Butt for making a bunch of big saves early on. Big props also to the fans as well. They never let up and were fantastic all night. I saw at least one “Babbel muss bleiben” (Babbel must stay) sign and the overall sentiment is full support for the troubled coach.

This was clearly an instance of Bayern weathering the storm for the first portion of the game and then try and impose their will and score. Though Stuttgart weren’t able to score early on I was overall very happy with the way the back four stepped up on defense. It was a competent and uplifting performance. Usually there’s at least 2 or 3 moments each game where there’s an uncleared cross or something along those lines but everyone stood their ground and there wasn’t ever any real cause for concern for most of the match. Müller was pretty much neutralized all match. Gomez had a chance here and there but I never felt like he was dominating at any point.



This wasn’t one of those re-energizing games by any stretch of the imagination but it was certainly encouraging in that they held their own against a top club and hopefully began to right the ship.

Look for a CL preview either later today or tomorrow-

Category: Uncategorized

Tags: Uncategorized

Subscribe   The Offside RSS Feeds

Print

Share