Chapter 63: The Outbreak of Ribery

At 15:30 p.m. local time on December 3 (22:30 p.m. Beijing time on December 3), a key battle in the 15th round of the Bundesliga began, and Dortmund, who are in the top two of the standings, and Borussia Mönchengladbach had a direct dialogue.

The defending champions opened the scoring but the home side Hank equalised in the second half and the two sides ended up in a draw. Since Bayern won this round and the two teams were drawn, both teams were overtaken by Bayern in the standings, and Dort lost the top spot.

Borussia Mönchen's number one star Reus is out due to injury, Dortmund basically sent the strongest lineup, Guan Peng is rested, Gundogan replaces Leitner to start, S. Bender and Subotic are still out due to injury.

In the 40th minute, Gotze took a corner kick from the right and Lewandowski scored with a header, 0-1. Lewandowski's goal in the first half gave Dortmund the lead.

In the 57th minute, Hank received a through ball from a teammate and burst into the penalty area, but was shoveled out by Santana before shooting. Arango takes a corner and Dante's header goes wide of the right post.

In the 61st minute, Nottvet went straight to Hank in the middle, and the latter's shot from 17 meters in front of the goal went high. Two minutes later, Gundogan's ball at his feet was cleared by Dante and Lewandowski got on the ball and fired over the crossbar.

In the 65th minute, Schmelzer's cross from the left was narrowly missed by Santana, and Gotze's free-kick grazed the crossbar.

In the 72nd minute, Borussia Mönchengladbach equalised at home when Bovadilla went straight to Hank, who broke through Piszczek's defence and fired a right-footed shot into the equaliser to make it 1-1.

In the 77th minute, Klopp made successive substitutions for Barrios and Blaszczykowski to strengthen the attack.

In the 84th minute, Gundogan's direct free kick from 16 meters in front of the goal was slightly wide, and in the end neither side was able to create better chances, and the score remained 1-1 until the end, with both sides scoring one point each, but due to Bayern's win in this round, both teams were surpassed in the standings and dropped one place each.

Previously, Bayern, which suffered two consecutive defeats in the league, could not afford to lose. The last time the team suffered three consecutive defeats in the league was back in 14 years; Half a year ago, Bayern had lost to Borussia Dortmund, Schalke and Hannover in league and cup competitions.

However, in this game, facing the bitter masters of his coaching career, Heynckes' Bayern defeated their opponents 4-1, and he also won his first victory against Bremen in 24 years.

Franck Ribery proved his worth when Bayern needed victory the most, and against Werder Bremen, who had never won since taking over the Allianz Arena, the Frenchman was imposing, scoring a goal in each half and creating a penalty to help Bayern Munich win 4-1 and regain the top spot.

In more than 40 years at the helm, Heynckes has faced only one team that has caused him pain, and that is Werder Bremen.

Despite leading Bremen in points and playing at home, Bayern are under tremendous pressure after two consecutive defeats in the league, and they must win this game, but it is not so easy for their wishes to become a reality.

At the critical moment, it was Ribery who stepped forward, and in the 22nd minute, after receiving a through ball near the midfield of Alaba, Ribery shook Fritz, cut into the penalty area and scored a precise volley into the far corner, 1-0! It was a goal that boosted Bayern's morale.

In the second half, Ribery's goal luck was still good, and in the 77th minute, he received a selfless pass from Gomez, and easily pushed the empty goal in the penalty area, 3-1!

In the 83rd minute, he burst into the box again and won a penalty for Bayern, allowing Arjen Robben to score twice. Before the end, the old coach Heynckes specially replaced him to meet the cheers of more than 60,000 fans in the stadium.

Franck Ribery's goal gave Bayern the lead in the first half, but Rosenberg equalised in the second half, and just when it was thought that Heynckes would draw against Bremen again, Bayern suddenly scored three goals in a row to win 4-1 at home, and Heynckes also won for the first time in 24 years.

In addition, the victory in this game was also the first time in six years that Bayern won at home after the 2005-06 season. Although Bayern won 2-1 against Bremen in the German Cup last season, it was not a league after all.

Bayern has not won 4 draws and 1 loss in the last 5 home games against Bremen, and suffered a 2-5 defeat in 2008, and the Bundesliga giants also avenged the revenge with a score of 4-1 three years ago, which is also following Bayern's 7-0 victory in 1980, and once again outscored the opponent by more than three goals at home.

With this victory, Bayern returned to the top of the standings and took the lead in the race for the winter title.

Heynckes was full of joy when he spoke to reporters after the game, he finally overcame a 24-year winless streak against Werder Bremen, and the team is now back in top of the league, and Heynckes is confident that his team will win the Bundesliga title.

Ribery's brace was his third of the season, having previously scored twice at home to Freiburg in the league and at home to Villarreal in the Champions League.

According to the Kicker, Ribery has scored 10 goals and provided 10 assists in 20 official matches so far this season, including eight goals and nine assists in the league and one in the Champions League.

Ribery has scored 11 goals and provided 17 assists in a single league season over the past four seasons, but it has never been seen in double figures, and this time it looks like it's only a matter of time before the league goal of a double ten.

In addition to the impressive stats on the pitch, Ribery has also been an effective morale booster. Previously, Bayern had lost three of their five league games, the team's morale had been dealt a heavy blow, and the self-confidence they had accumulated during their 12-game unbeaten run had also suffered a significant erosion, so it was difficult for Bayern to show their previous domineering in the stalemate phase of the collision with Bremen.

At this time, Ribery attacked the opponent's defense again and again through the left side, gradually arousing the fighting spirit and blood of his teammates, and finally ushered in a long-lost victory together.

Speaking after the game, Franck Ribery said happily: "We played much better than last week and today's win was very important. If Bayern loses, it's definitely not a good thing. Against Bremen, it's always going to be difficult. We did a fantastic job today and played aggressively. After 1-1, we responded forcefully. The four goals couldn't have been better for the fans and for ourselves! Now we have league games against Stuttgart and Cologne and we want to win. ”