Borussia Dortmund hosts Bayern Munich n the German Super Cup final. The match will be played on Saturday, August 3rd at Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund)
Borussia Dortmund fought for the champion’s title in the last season and rightly lost in this fight - this can be seen through the table of expected goals, where Bayern outranked Dortmund by more than 25 points, while Borussia is also ahead of Hoffenheim (the most striking example of a team that can be described with the phrase "10,000 meters above the level of results") and RB Leipzig. Yes, Borussia has done a good job in the transfer market - Schulz, Hummels, Thorgan Hazard, Brandt have come to the team, plus Hakimi, rented from Real Madrid, remains. The squad is not bad, but there are problems with the placement of attack players: Favre can try to apply a 4-3-3 scheme with Sancho and Hazard on the flanks, Reus and Brandt in the center of the field, and Axel Witsel will be the holding midfielder. This option has an obvious minus - openness in the middle of the field, and it is unlikely that pragmatic Lucien Favre will make such a formation the main one. Most likely, Borussia will play in 4-2-3-1, but there are problems, because in this case Brandt will not play in the center of the field (Reus will take this place) but will compete for the position of the left winger with Thorgan Hazard - one of the newcomers (most likely, Thorgan Hazard) will lack the game practice.
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Bayern is going through a very interesting period of its history: Robben and Ribery left the club, and Matts Hummels also left. At the same time, there are a lot of young players in the squad: Coman and Gnabry should replace Ribery and Robben, and the young world champions Lucas Hernandez and Lucien Pavard came to the team. The Transfer of Lucas is a big gamble. I won’t write that Bavaria overpaid (the prices in football are inflated, everyone overpays); the question is not the transfer amount, but the player himself - Lucas Hernandez did not hold a single full season with Atlético due to injuries and competition.
I want to reassure the guys who think that Bavaria is evil, and Borussia is the good that should defeat Bavaria. First, Borussia held this transfer window in the style for which its fans hate Bavaria: Schulz came from Hoffenheim, Thorgan Hazard from Borussia Monchengladbach and Brandt from Bayer Leverkusen. Secondly, RB Leipzig but not Borussia will be the main competitor of Bayern for the champions’ title - Nagelsmann came, who will take this team to a new level in terms of game quality. Borussia needs to cope with problems, and the main one is the scheme - either someone is left without playing practice, or Borussia will be very vulnerable in defense.
Prediction for the match: Bayern Munich to win
