Goals and Highlights: Bayern Munich 1-2 Manchester City in International Friendly

Bayern Munich 1-2 Manchester City

Let's go up to 93.

Folden receives in depth, plays for Laporte who shoots and ties the game: 2 to 1 City.

Bayern goes up the left and lands inside City's area. the ball is live and Tel is left to push it to the back of the net and tie: 1 to 1.

Bob takes a risk from outside the area and sends it wide of the goal.

Very lukewarm game in this second half.

After a live ball in the Bayern area, Rodri tries to finish, but the ball explodes in the defense.

Ball rolling for the final stage.

Bayern Munich will change their entire team. City, meanwhile, return Rodri and Haaland for this final stage.

Bayern Munich 0-1 Manchester City

We're up to 47.

Coman is put through on the left and hits a cross, but it ends up in a beautiful save with Ederson's feet.

Coman takes a shot from outside the area, the ball deflects off the defense and goes out over the back line.

Musiala receives it on the edge of the box and hits it firmly. Ederson makes a save to prevent the equalizer.

🔺 Akanji

🔻 Ake

City went on the attack and forced Sommer to make a good save. On the rebound, Mcatee was alert and pushed the ball into the back of the net: 1-0 City.

Sané takes a direct free-kick and stamps Ederson's crossbar.

Truncated game so far, with no chances for either team.

Ball rolling for the friendly.

Teams on the pitch.

We now start the blog commentary of the friendly match between Bayern Munich and Manchester City. 

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This is the start time of the game Bayern Munich vs Manchester City of 26th July 2023 in several countries:

Argentina 7:30 am: City+

Bolivia 6:30 am: City+

Brazil 7:30am: City+

Chile 6:30 am: City+

Colombia 5:30 am: City+

Ecuador 5:30 am: City+

USA 6:30 am: City+

Spain 11:30 am: City+

Mexico 5:30 am: City+

Paraguay 6:30 am: City+

Peru 5:30 am: City+ 

Uruguay 7:30 am: City+

Venezuela 6:30 am: City+

Manchester City have four wins to Bayern Munich's three, and one draw. In their last meeting in the quarter-finals of the 2022/23 Champions League, the Citizens won 4-1 on aggregate.

Ederson; Akanji, Dias, Laporte; Stones, Rodri; Bernardo, Kovacic, Foden, Grealish; Haaland. Coach: Pep Guardiola.

Coach Pep Guardiola will be without midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, who is nursing a hamstring injury. On the other hand, he will be able to count on Mateo Kovacic, a midfielder who played for Chelsea and was signed for 29 million euros.

Who left the English club in this window were: Gundogan, who after the end of his contract, went to Barcelona, and Yangel Herrera, transferred to Girona for 5 million euros.

Ulreich; Mazraoui, Pavard, Upamecano and Davies; Kimmich, Laimer, Coman, Musiala and Sane; Gnabry.

Coach Thomas Tuchel will be without newcomer Raphael Guerreiro, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and striker Thomas Muller, who are all nursing injuries.

Raphael Guerreiro, came from Borussia Dortmund, hired at zero cost. The other available player is Konrad Laimer, who came from RB-Leipzig at zero cost. Kim Min-jae, signed from Napoli for 55 million euros, is also available. 

The players who have left Bayern are: João Cancelo who returns to Manchester City after a loan, Lucas Hernández, sold to PSG for 45 million euros and Daley Blind, closed with Girona.

Manchester City, winners of the Triple Crown last season, kicked off their pre-season in Asia last Sunday (23) and claimed a 5-3 victory over Yokohama Marinos.

Bayern Munich, meanwhile, won their 11th consecutive Bundesliga title last season. The Bavarians will now play their first official pre-season friendly. The club faced FC Rottach-Egern of the German eighth division on the 18th and won 27-0.

While some European clubs are in the United States, others have traveled to Japan to continue their pre-season. This is the case of Bayern Munich and Manchester City, who will face each other on Wednesday (26), starting at 7:30 am (Brasília), at the National Stadium of Japan, in Tokyo.

My name is Lucas Barros and I’ll be your host for this game. Follow pregame information on VAVEL USA.