Bavarian Football Works
For most of the first half against FC Köln, Bayern Munich found itself in territory both unfamiliar, and eerily familiar.
Unfamiliar, because the home side was putting them under sustained pressure. By the time Köln scored from a corner just past the 30-minute mark, it was an opening goal that had seemed coming — and this was a team that had not yet trailed in a match this season.
Familiar, because after a string of early DFB-Pokal exits, there was the ominous feeling of: here we go again.
“The first 30 minutes weren’t easy; they played well and then scored from a set piece. The stadium atmosphere really came into play,” Tah explained in post-match comments captured by
