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Shakhtar Donetsk v Bayern Munchen - UEFA Champions League Photo by Marcel Bonte/Soccrates/Getty Images Bayern Munich was impressive in its win over Shakhtar Donetsk... Die Folgen: Bayern’s 5-1 win over Shakhtar (Bavarian Football Works)Bayern Munich took the road trip up to Gelsenkirchen and faced a game Shakhtar Donetsk side that was not like some recent contests for the Bavarians. Shakhtar Donetsk — to its credit — brought energy and a willingness to actually play in the Champions League. While Bayern Munich walked away with a 5-1 victory, it was refreshing to see an opponent try to go punch-for-punch with the German Rekordmeister. Enough of the chit-chat, let’s get to it — here are some quick hitters on the match: As always, let’s begin with a look at the starting XI: ⚪ ⚪

So gehen wir ins Spiel gegen Donetsk! #SHAFCB #packmas #UCL pic.twitter.com/D1uaoHI2sT— FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) December 10, 2024I almost nailed this, but I had Sacha Boey in place of Konrad Laimer and Aleksandar Pavlović in for Leon Goretzka. Laimer has had a solid season and Boey is still just coming back from an injury, while Goretzka has been good in filling in for Pavlović. It is interesting nonetheless that Kompany went with those two. It almost feels like it is a “last start” to show appreciation to Laimer and Goretzka before Boey and Josip Stanišić fully take over the right-back position for the second half of the season, while Pavlović is expected to resume a regular starting role in the central midfield. Otherwise, injuries dictated all of the other spots for Kompany’s selections. As expected, Bayern Munich was a handful early for Shakhtar Donetsk. But it would be some sloppy defending and careless play that led to the “home” team taking a very early 1-0 lead. Laimer was sucked way out of position, which allowed Oleksandr Zubkov to thread a diagonal pass to Kevin (it feels weird to just call him “Kevin”, but here we are), who had a nice finish vs. Daniel Peretz in the 5th minute.Laimer, though, would make up for it as Thomas Müller’s pass to Michael Olise was broken up, but the ball was left for Laimer, who had a very nice finish of his own in the 11th minute. What a crazy start!It should also be noted that it was Goretzka’s hustle-play to win the ball in Bayern Munich’s end to start that attack. Georgiy Sudakov won a 1v1 battle with Jamal Musiala in the 29th minute. In a matchup of two highly-coveted attacking midfielders, Sudakov made a really nice stop on Musiala. For as nice as that moment was for Sudakov, but he had an all-time boner in the 44th minute. Kevin — again — took advantage of Laimer’s poor positioning and slid the Ukrainian phenom a pass right in from of the net, but he somehow sent his shot wide. Like we have seen so many times this season, Bayern Munich was thoroughly dominant, but just not able to score as much as it probably should have in the first half. You have to give Shakhtar Donetsk credit, though, as it was much more willing to engage than many of Bayern Munich’s opponents. All of the possession was bound to have an ill-effect on Shakhtar Donetsk, though. The Shakhtar players were on their heels for extended periods of time and looked like they were beginning to lose some steam. In added time after the 45th minute, Bayern Munich was able to extend its lead with Thomas Müller’s 55th career Champions League goal. Leroy Sané started the play with a great defensive effort to win a ball during Shakhtar Donetsk’s build up before sliding a pass to Musiala, who unselfishly found Müller, who made a terrific run into space for a relatively easy finish. Sané’s run to the outside gave just the right amount of distraction/hesitance to Shakhtar Donetsk’s defenders for the play to happen. Shakhtar came out with a purpose in the second half and went for it. Only a spectacular defensive play right in front of the net from Müller (!?) prevented the game from being tied at 2-2 in the 48th minute. Great defending by Müller who celebrates his last ditch block, saving a certain…

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Shakhtar Donetsk v Bayern Munchen - UEFA Champions League Photo by Marcel Bonte/Soccrates/Getty Images A Champions League demolition. At times this season Bayern Munich have dominated proceedings in every facet but the scoreline.On Tuesday against Shakhtar Donetsk, the Bavarians made sure to make no mistake. Bayern poured on the goals, punctuating a statistically controlling performance with two sensational, ice-cold late finishes courtesy of Jamal Musiala and Michael Olise — each one serving as an exclamation mark to what was already a runaway Bayern victory.Make that 1-5!! to FC Bayern. Despite an early goal, and chances even to grab a lead, Shakhtar hardly had a chance in the end:Shakhtar without a single player whose average position was in the #FCBayern half #SHAFCB— Bavarian Football Works (@bavarianfbworks.bsky.social) 2024-12-10T23:08:49.893ZSo how did everyone do? Let us know in the poll below. Here’s how Bild rated the players — Player ratings [@BILD] pic.twitter.com/ZFkDSQDUc9— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) December 11, 2024Player Ratings Vote (view results)Enter your choices below. As usual, the rundown of the ‘rules’ — as this is a very serious, very scientific internet poll:You may vote on as many or few of the fields as you like. You do not need a complete ballot.It is possible to vote more than once, but please do not do that!If signed into Google, you will be able to edit your vote. However sign-in is not required, and we do not collect e-mail addresses.Looking for more thoughts and analysis on Bayern Munich’s big 5-1 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League? Great, then check out our Bavarian Podcast Works — Postgame Show on Patreon, Spotify, or below:Be sure to stay tuned to Bavarian Podcast Works for all of your up to date coverage on Bayern Munich and Germany. Check us out on Patreon and follow us on Twitter @BavarianFBWorks, @BavarianPodcast @TheBarrelBlog, @BFWCyler, @2012nonexistent, @TommyAdams71 and more.

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