On September 18, the fourth round of the Bundesliga began in full swing, and at half past three in the afternoon German time, Bayern Munich continued to face the challenge of Cologne at home.

For this game, Bayern Munich seems to be full of confidence, after all, the strength of the two teams is not at the same level at all, Bayern Munich is the defending champion and the hegemon of the Bundesliga, while Cologne is a downstream team and a relegation team to put it bluntly.

But on the football field, strength does not mean a certain victory, the game of football is full of accidents, there is a saying, the ball is round, so any accident can happen.

In this game, Franck Ribery, who was suspended in midweek, returned to the starting line-up, and Klose, who scored a goal against Roma, also appeared in the starting line-up, forming a double forward with Muller, Kroos continued to start, appearing on the right flank, and the rest of the position remained largely unchanged.

Perhaps the last game against Roma was too crazy, but Bayern Munich didn't show the domineering they deserved at the start of this game, and the players didn't seem excited enough.

On the other hand, it was Cologne, who scored into Bayern Munich's half after the opening, and in the fifth minute, Cologne won a free-kick, and Podolski's shot was slightly wide.

In the 11th minute, Cologne midfielder Yarkhin tested Bout's reflexes with a long-range shot, and then received a knockback from Podolski to hit a powerful long-range shot from outside the penalty area, which Bout flew to lift up.

It wasn't until the fifteenth minute that Bayern Munich made their first shot, coming from Franck Franchi, and the French Scarman staged a dragon after receiving a pass from Li Feng, breaking through Freis and Clemens on the left side and cutting into the box. Shake off Pezzoni and finish with a powerful shot.

Franck Ribery's performance was nothing short of spectacular. However, Cologne's goalkeeper Mondragon denied Ribery's shot. Then Bayern Munich took a corner kick, Bad Stuber fought for the first spot, and the header could not be pressed and flew out of the bottom line.

With the end of this wave of offensive, Bayern Munich gradually regained their form, and the players returned to Bayern Munich's feet, but Cologne was unusually decisive and found form after Bayern Munich. Cologne began to set up a formation of iron barrels.

Cologne coach Sordo never thought of playing against Bayern Munich, and in this game, Cologne only left one Podolski in the front court to counterattack, but Bayern Munich was not in a good state at the beginning, so Cologne pressed and played a few waves of good offensives.

Now as the Bayern players gradually enter the state, Cologne naturally has to shrink the defense, two minutes later, Bayern Munich continued to attack, still from Ribery, if the game is the most physical, who has no problem. Except for Li Feng, a pervert, he is French. After all, he didn't make a midweek Champions Cup appearance due to suspension.

In the twentieth minute, Ribery won the ball and moved across the middle and was entangled by Yayalo, for which Ribery made a collision with Muller, and then suddenly burst into the box again, but his shot finally hit the feet of Jeromel and bounced off.

Three minutes later, Schweinsteiger cut in from behind and fired a long-range shot from outside the box, but the ball was still deflected wide of the goal, and then Li Feng broke the ball down the middle, Ribery crossed from the bottom, and Klose headed it over the crossbar.

In the 35th minute, Li Feng hit the first shot of the game, Ribery broke through the side to attract the defense of the look, and then the Frenchman passed the ball to the middle in the crowd, Li Feng followed, a volley, the ball drew a beautiful arc, but unfortunately in the end it was the goal post and flew out of the bottom line.

In the 40th minute, Li Feng sent a cross over the top, Klose unloaded the ball near the penalty spot, completed a volley, and was saved by Mondragon.

It was only in the final moments of the first half that Cologne followed up with a shot from 19-year-old Clemens, who cut inside after breaking through Contento and finally finished a shot in the right penalty area.

In the end, neither side was able to break the deadlock in the first half, and the game went into the break 0-0, for which Van Gaal's face was not very good-looking, if it was not for the recovery of form after that, then this return to the dressing room is expected to withstand the monstrous anger of the Dutch coach.

In the end, Van Gaal laid out the tactics of the second half with a blank face, that is, to strengthen the attack, especially on the right side, Kroos and Muller in the first half, and the two were almost invisible throughout the first half.

But the first shot of the second half still belonged to Cologne, as soon as the game started, Cologne gave Bayern Munich a surprise attack, Yayalo and Freis quickly burst into the Bayern Munich half, the latter went straight to Podolski, Bayern Munich forward smoothly burst into the penalty area, but was caught by Van Bitten and Bad Stuber.

But Podolski was not ready to shoot, and after attracting Van Bitten and Bad Stuber, he passed the ball with his heel, and Li Feng immediately stepped forward to scramble, but Freis, who got the ball, did not let the ball stay at his feet, and another kick back, Yayallo bent his bow and arrow, and blasted a super long-range shot.

The ball was not pressed in the end, high above the crossbar, and was raided by a wave, Bayern Munich was naturally unhappy, and then Li Feng staged a solo performance, he made a strong break under the bag of Petit and Yarsin, and finally came to the outside of the penalty area, and gave Cologne a long shot, but Li Feng's luck did not seem to be very good, his something hit the crossbar, and was cleared by the Cologne defender.

In the next half, because there was no performance, Kroos and Muller began to attack, and in the 53rd minute, Schweinsteiger split the ball, Kroos moved across the middle, and finally played a long shot in the penalty area.

Then Muller pulled out of the penalty area to cooperate with Li Feng, and the front court also completed a long shot, which was also no way, the defense in the Cologne penalty area was too dense, and Bayern Munich had to use a long shot to attack the goal.

As time wore on, Bayern Munich still failed to break the back of the net against Cologne, and Van Gaal began to look for a change, replacing Klose with Gomez to strengthen the attack on the Cologne penalty area.

Unfortunately, Gomez is not in good shape, in the fourth round of the league, Gomez has not yet started, and even the first three rounds of games add up to less than 90 minutes, without scoring a goal, he has almost become the fourth striker of Bayern Munich, you know, a season ago, Gomez was a player who set a transfer record for Bayern Munich.

Therefore, even if Gomez is replaced, it will not help, the in-form Super Mario disappeared into the crowd in the Cologne penalty area, although Bayern still attacked at the last moment, Li Feng also completed a long shot and a free kick direct shot, but luck was not on Bayern Munich's side.

Combined with the excellent performance of the Cologne goalkeeper, Bayern Munich picked up a draw on their home turf, and after four league games, the reigning Bundesliga champions have only won once. (To be continued.) )