Lewandowski Cetak Gol tapi Bayern Dipaksa Berakhir Seri
Lewandowski Scores But Bayern Held at Schalke
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Gelsenkirchen (B2B) - Schalke 04 berhasil menahan imbang Bayern Muenchen 1-1 saat menjamu mereka dalam laga lanjutan Bundesliga Jerman di Veltin-Arena, Minggu dini hari WIB.
Masing-masing gol dicetak oleh Robert Lewandowski untuk Muenchen pada menit 10 dan kapten Schalke Benedikt Howedes pada menit 61.
Tim besutan Pep Guardiola unggul cepat setelah gol yang diciptakan oleh Lewandowski pada menit 10. Gol tersebut lahir lantaran keteledoran barisan pertahanan Schalke yang terus mendapatkan serangan bertubi-tubi dari lini serang Muenchen, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Sebuah umpan matang dari gelandang Sebastian Rode sukses diselesaikan dengan sontekan mudah oleh Lewandowski untuk membawa Muenchen unggul 1-0.
Muenchen kembali melancarkan serangan namun tak satu gol tambahan pun berhasil mereka ciptakan. Upaya dari Thomas Mueller di menit 18 menyambut bola tendangan bebas Alonso masih melenceng dari gawang lawan.
Memiliki penguasaan bola hingga melebihi 60 persen, bukan berarti Muenchen bermain lebih efektif, lantaran mereka tak banyak melakukan serangan berbahaya ke gawang Ralf Fahrmann.
Gelsenkirchen - Last season´s Bundesliga top scorer Robert Lewandowski scored his first competitive goal for new club Bayern Munich but the champions had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Schalke 04 on Saturday.
Despite having new signing Xabi Alonso in the Bayern team 24 hours after he joined on a two-year deal from Real Madrid, they looked far from their best as Schalke got their first point to snap a two-game losing run with a gutsy second-half performance.
Lewandowski opened his account when he flicked in a pass from Sebastian Rode in the 10th minute as Bayern dominated.
The visitors, despite missing half a dozen players through injury, overran their opponents in the first half with World Cup winner Alonso, who had more touches than any other Bayern player, confidently dictating their game from the back.
However, Bayern took their foot off the gas in the second half, with Schalke pressing higher and earning a deserved equaliser when captain Benedikt Hoewedes bundled the ball over the line after Alonso tried to clear.
Bayern´s players protested that Hoewedes had touched the ball with his hand but television replays showed Alonso kicking the ball off the line and on to the charging Hoewedes.
The draw put Bayern on four points from two games.
