Haaland helped Man City to lower Bayern
*Scoring: Haaland 12 '.
Haaland docked Man City for $ 63 million from Dortmund last month, and did not play a friendly match against Club America 2-1 on July 21. It was not until the confrontation of Bayern on Lambeau Field, Wisconsin, and the Norwegian striker was given the main kick by coach Pep Guardiola.
The match between the Premier League champion and the Bundesliga was delayed for 15 minutes by the storm pulled to the Lambeau Field yard, causing the sky to thunder, heavy rain and strong winds. When the match began, Bayern entered the excitement and found the Man City goal in the minute. But the goal was not recognized because the referee determined that Muller was offside.
Man City then completely controlled the game, and Haaland did not take much time to prove the value. In the 12th minute, Kevin De Bruyne opened the ball so that Greealish escaped down the left wing and then stretched horizontally for Haaland to lean the cushion to open the score. The Norwegian striker took only 12 minutes to score the first goal for Man City, and was the eighth goal through the confrontation of Bayern.
Immediately after Haaland opened fire, the match continued to be stormy and thunder and lightning to Lambeau Field. The bad weather also caused the first half to take place in 40 minutes instead of 45 minutes as usual. After about half an hour of pausing, the match returned with the advantage in favor of Man City. In the first half, Guardiola's army controlled the ball up to 56%, ten times but only one shot hit the target - making Haaland's table. Meanwhile, Bayern only had a shot without hitting the target.
Before the first half closed, Haaland for the second time to hit Bayern after Bernardo Silva's cross. However, the goal was not recognized because the Portuguese midfielder was offside before. In the second half, Haaland gave way to Julian Alvarez - another striker also arrived at Etihad this summer. In the transfer period in January 2022, Man City spent $ 21 million to break Alvarez's contract, and let the Argentine striker continue to kick River Plate on a loan until the end of the season.
No more Haaland, Man City still overwhelmed when the pillars like De Bruyne, Rodri were kept on the field. The most dangerous opportunity that the blue shirt team created was in the 78th minute, when the 17 -year -old Rico Lewis was breaking through the three Bayern players, invading the penalty area and finishing the column.
This is the last match of both teams in the process of preparing for the new season. On July 30, Man City competed with Liverpool, while Bayern met RB Leipzig in the German Super Cup match.
