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Joshua Kimmich thought about the 57th minute of the match with great reluctance. “It was embarrassing not to have done it,” he whispered on TV about the moment when, free from four and a half meters, he did not hit the goal empty, only the outstretched foot of his opponent Slobodan Rajkovic. So he preferred to talk about his shot 22 minutes later, his massive shot from 20 meters, the winning goal for the 2-1. Kimmich noted that he has recently trained such shots from outside the box from time to time.
Good for Bayern, because this boring evening in Moscow ended successfully. Before the host match, there were speculations about the amount of victory, as Lok Moscow is considered the weakest opponent in the preliminary round group, at the weekend the Russian runner-up was embarrassed by a home defeat against Rotor Volgograd, last in the standings.
Only then did Bayern get into trouble on Tuesday night. Only the inability to quickly force the decision after Leon Goretzka’s first 1-0 (13th), then the trembling on the defensive in the second half, when the Moscow locomotive rolled repeatedly on Monaco’s goal, immediately after the equalizer. Anton Miranchuk (70th) hesitated the title holder of the Champions League. Until Kimmich took care of the redemption and the Bavarians were relieved to be able to return home to Munich.
“It wasn’t our best match,” said Kimmich, “we were also lucky and we know we weren’t brilliant.” And Hansi Flick sums it up accurately: “A victory at work, you could even say dirty”. A victory in which not only Joshua Kimmich’s long-range shooting forces and the defensive weaknesses of the defense stand out. But above all a player who has been struggling for three years to get to Monaco – and who now seems to have finally found his role. Corentin Tolisso.
Tolisso and Bayern: a misunderstanding?
Tolisso arrived in Munich from Olympique Lyon in 2017 when FC Bayern transferred a transfer fee of € 41.5 million, at the time it was the most expensive transfer in Bundesliga history – and expectations were accordingly. high. For Tolisso, too, for the moment, a dream has come true, as he was already playing football with the red Bayern shirt as a child. But it soon became apparent that in Munich they didn’t know what to do with Tolisso from the start. Carlo Ancelotti thought he was the equal successor of retired Xabi Alonso in sixth position, which Karl-Heinz Rummenigge saw completely differently. Tolisso and Alonso, according to the club boss, are “two completely different types of players”. And Tolisso himself? He preferred to play offensively. But he wasn’t often allowed.
After a mixed first season, a cruciate ligament rupture knocked him out completely in his second year at Monaco, last season he was just a substitute player until an ankle injury paired him again. Tolisso and FC Bayern up to that point seemed like a big misunderstanding. There is a decisive reason why it is finally blooming at the start of its fourth season in Monaco. And his name is Hansi Flick again.
And now: the movie begins!
The move from Thiago to Liverpool, unlike what has been heard over and over again, does not play such a significant role. Sure, Thiagos’ departure was another available spot in midfield, but it would be too easy to say that Tolisso was inhibited under Thiago and could only develop well now.
The coach played the most important part in Tolisso’s sudden boom. Because he pulled out some old video material.
With his proven meticulousness, Flick watched previous Olympique Lyon matches again and again towards the end of last season, where Tolisso had just finished an outstanding last season for the French top club since summer 2016 in eighth place before moving to Munich. Flick wanted to know how Tolisso played, where he behaved, how he opened the game forward, how he created danger of goals. Over and over again Flick has sat down with Tolisso, encouraged him in many conversations and now more and more often has placed him where he feels most comfortable. In central midfield.
Whoever has the ball is attacked
Photo: Maxim Shemetov / AP
“It can be said in training with him that a small burden has fallen,” said Hansi Flick last week. “He just likes to train and play. And this is also extremely important for him because he has a certain degree of fluency.”
This was evident not only in his phenomenal dream goal against Atlético Madrid a week ago, but also in Moscow when he again played in front of Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka’s double sixes and started Monaco’s lead with a wonderful pass. by Benjamin Pavard. The right back fits perfectly into the six-yard space Goretzka is headed into. From the center to the outside, from there immediately back to the center, exactly as Hansi Flick imagined it. “Against such deep opponents, such a fast game round is a good option,” said the Bayern manager.
Corentin Tolisso is now more than a good option, he has found the right place and probably the right coach for him. Bayern and Tolisso have cleared up their misunderstanding.
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