Harry Kane blanks on his Bayern Munich debut as RB Leipzig defeat Bayern Munich to clinch the 2023 German Super Cup with Dani Olmo’s hat-trick.
Starting lineup
Bayern Munich: Davies, de Ligt Gnabry
Kimmich, Laimer, Musiala, Pavard, Sane,
Tel, Ulreich, Upamecano
RB Leipzig; Blaswich, Henrichs, Olmo, Openda, Orban, Raum, Schlager, Seiwald, Simakan, Simons, Werner
It was a subpar delivery by the Bundesliga giants who were expected to avenge their last season’s league defeat to the same opponents that nearly cost them the Bundesliga title.
A shabby start to the first half saw the Bavarians concede an early goal just three minutes into the game.
Dani Olmo helped Leipzig land the first punch, scoring to give the team the lead.
After Olmo’s early strike, Bayern Munich ramped up attempts to find an equaliser and were more dominant with the ball going forward.
A shabby finishing coupled with a brewing midfield battle made it a difficult game for the Bavarians. No clear chances were created going forward as they fail to break Leipzig’s defense after pressing up the field.
Meanwhile, Leipzig continued to stay in strong contention for the ball and were deadly when charging forward and launching attacks.
Bayern Munich have a good spell of possession than the opponents but were left wanting on the frontline with Musiala, Serge Gnabry, and Leroy Sané being nowhere to be found.
RB Leipzig maintained a strong defensive display keeping off the Bavarians charge while still maintaining a good onslaught of attacks.
A shaky Bayern Munich defense was also a disservice to the Bavarians, giving RB Leipzig an attacking edge and putting Bayern Munich goalkeeper Ulreich under intense pressure.
Bayern Munich were still trailing by a lone goal with half an hour gone into the game as they failed to level a sturdy RB Leipzig defense.
The Bundesliga giants still retain hopes of a comeback but were dealt a severe blow in the last minutes of the first half.
Dani Olmo again screwed pass the opponent’s rickety defense to slot home RB Leipzig’s second goal and bag his brace.
It was a dead blow to the Bavarians as they went into the first half break trailing by two unreplied goals.
Thomas Tuchel made sweeping early second half changes taking off Pavard, de Ligt, and Laimer for Mazrouaui, Kim, and Kingsley Coman.
New signing from Premier League and former Tottenham forward, Harry Kane made his debut for the club, coming on as a substitute for Mathys Tel.
The sweeping changes by Bayern Munich made no real difference as RB Leipzig struck again in the 67th minute from a spotkick to put the game beyond the Bundesliga giants. It was Dani Olmo again on the scoresheet, converting the spotkick to nail his hat-trick.
Bayern Munich made late efforts to get back into the game all to no avail as RB Leipzig held on to the three-goal lead to clinch 2023 German Super Cup.
