FC Augsburg started bravely, doing well to deal with Bayern’s early forays into the final third. Serge Gnabry was able to break through in the 11th minute, but Arne Engels was ready to block a shot from the Germany international at the key moment. 

The moments that followed saw FCA record good chances of their own. Ermedin Demirović nearly netted the opener for the visitors in the 27th minute, but sent his attempt just wide of the left post. 

The hosts were then fortunate to take the lead in the 32nd minute. After an initial strong save from Finn Dahmen to deny Leroy Sané, the ball bounced off of Felix Uduokhai and rolled into the back of the net. Minutes later, FCA were dealt another set-back after Niklas Dorsch was judged to have handled the ball inside the box. Harry Kane stepped up to take the penalty for the hosts and made it 2-0 (40’).

“We started the game well, but should’ve been more determined and defended better,” said head coach Enrico Maaßen (via FCBayern.com). “We played openly after going behind and scored three goals –- that’s a positive. If you concede five, you don’t have a chance of getting a point here. Bayern also have great quality at set pieces. We deserved to lose.”

The substitutes: Philipp, Beier, Justvan, Samassékou, Becker, Vogt, Skov, Bischof, Szalai

1. FC Union Berlin won 2-1 at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei to continue the excellent start to the campaign. Niko Gießelmann doubled his tally for Union Berlin, heading the Köpenick club into the lead on 22 minutes. After a bright start in his second season in Union colours, Taiwo Awoniyi celebrated one of his highlights at the club. The Nigerian striker ran almost the length of the pitch, holding the ball up before eventually combining wonderfully with Max Kruse and slotting past Yann Sommer. Borussia Mönchengladbach returned from the interval with something to prove after a difficult start to Adi Hütter’s team’s season. Andreas Luthe was kept on his toes, but as Union settled back into the contest, Urs Fischer’s side may have felt the game could have been put to bed. Gießelmann headed wide on the hour mark from a free-kick while Max Kruse’s shot was deflected from a good position. Jonas Hofmann netted in stoppage time to make it a nervy conclusion to proceedings, but the three points were added to Union’s account. 

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“I’m not the type for the playful jerseys,” says Patrick P. from Menden. In his design, he focused on geometric shapes that have a harmonious effect. “The design is therefore timeless and modern. The vertical stripes with different thicknesses look very dynamic and down-to-earth,” says the finalist, who also thought of the fan “who wants something special” in his jersey. Find out more in the video.

Post-match reaction following defeat in #BMGB04 Hear from Jonas Omlin, Florian Neuhaus, Julian Weigl and head...

Dorsch: It’s incredibly difficult to come back from 2-0 down in Munich. In order to be able to come back and take anything from a game like that, you need everything to go your way. The goals we conceded today were pretty unlucky. I knew straight away that I’d handballed it, but wasn’t sure whether it was in the box or not. We played well for most of the game and always tried to set accents of our own. To be able to score against a team with that much individual quality shows that we are able to deal with set-backs and that the mentality within the team is strong. 

Pedersen: We obviously go into every game intending to take something from it. Everyone knows that FC Bayern are a tough opponent and that they have a lot of quality in their team. Nevertheless, we managed to keep our shape and kept looking to attack, even after having conceded twice. We need to take that with us as encouragement. Unfortunately, we were just a little bit lacking in both defence and attack, which we will make sure to analyse in order to keep working on it. 

Uduokhai: We started strongly and I think we played really well for the first 30 minutes or so. Then, we conceded two unfortunate goals. We wanted to give it everything in the second half in order to claw our way back into the game, but Bayern’s individual quality was too much for us in the end. 

Demirović: We delivered a strong performance in Munich and left it all out on the pitch. We wanted to cause an upset here, but unfortunately didn’t manage to do so. Instead, we conceded two silly goals and it’s frustrating that I wasn’t able to take my chances to give us the lead, because you won’t get given many chances here. We still showed a strong side to ourselves in both our games this season and if we continue on this path, then I’m confident we will be successful. 

Maaßen: There were a lot of things that we’d set out to do that we managed to do well. We played well for 30 minutes and had a chance to take the lead. Unfortunately, we then conceded two unfortunate goals. We knew that we need to get through the opening 15 minutes of the second half in order to have a chance of getting back in the game. But, we lost possession too often while under pressure and weren’t able to turn things around. Nevertheless, I think we showed a strong morale and managed to score a nice goal at the end. Overall, it was a solid performance, but in the end it comes down to points, and we’re going home empty-handed. 

Tuchel: We’ve been struggling at home lately and then needed an own goal and a penalty in order to give us that feeling of security. We looked calmer and more precise in the second half and created more chances. We could have added to the scoreline and instead conceded a goal. Overall though, we’ve managed to get our second win in our second game. 

Ribéry was asked about his opinion on Kingsley Coman’s recent resurgence after the 2022 Qatar World Cup, and Ribéry had the following to say (captured by @iMiaSanMia on Twitter):

In Márton Dárdai and Jessic Ngankam, Hertha have two players called up to the Germany U21s squad for the U21s EUROs. Antonio Di Salvo originally called up a provisional squad of 26 players, including goalkeepers, before cutting three players on 14th June.