Friday, the 3-1 victory of Bayern Munich to 10 players put them to nine points of Bayer Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga table, but came at a cost with the midfielder Jamal Musiala injured days at the idea of facing Inter Milan. Dimitrios Giannoulis opened the scoring for the hosts 30 minutes from a free kick, but Musiala equalized just before half-time, collecting the ball on the rotation before scoring at home. Harry Kane put Bayern halfway through the second half with a head, his 23rd goal of the season of the season, and Leroy Sane forced a late goal, but all the eyes will be on Musiala.
With 54 minutes missing, the German midfielder tried to connect with a high pass but fell to the ground and raised his hand, signaling to the bench immediately and was replaced.
Bayern welcomes Inter Milan on Tuesday, with the return leg the following Wednesday in Italy after a home confrontation with the national rivals of Borussia Dortmund.
“It doesn’t seem brilliant,” said Bayern Sporting director Max Eberl after the victory over Augsburg.
“He will not be there on Tuesday,” he added.
Bayern is in the middle of an injury crisis, missing several first teams, including Manuel Neuer, Alphonso Davies, Dayot Upamecano, Hiroki Ito, Kingsley Coman and Aleksander Pavlovic already sidelined.
“It’s disappointing to see,” Kane told Dazn.
“We had a difficult week with a few injuries now.
“He will disappear and will be scanned and I hope it is not as bad as it seems, but he is a great player for us and we are going to miss as long as he is absent.”
Bayern captain Joshua Kimmich said: “It’s extremely bitter. It’s quite hard how many injuries we have cut at the moment.”
Leverkusen, which was eliminated from the German cup by the third division Arminia Bielefeld in the middle of the week, can draw six points behind Bayern with a victory in Heidenheim on Saturday.
Bayern Break Augsburg La Défense tight
Augsburg entered the match on an 11 undefeated sequence and had conceded only four league goals in 2025, the lowest note from any team in the best European leagues.
Being a decimated defense, Bayern decided to attack and was stationed in front of the Augsburg region for the first half hour, but with some clear chances to the goal.
Jeffrey Gouweleeuw spotted Giannoulis sliding through the penalty area and cut his free kick on the way to the International of Greece, which denounced the transverse bar.
Bayern retaliated just before half-time, with Musiala marking on the U-turn, surrounded by several defenders of Augsburg.
The 22-year-old midfielder jumped to control a high pass at the start of the second half, but came across the lawn and immediately reported the bench, needing help to leave the field.
Bayern’s fortune changed shortly after when Zesinger received a second yellow for a fault on a counterattack kane. The Swiss defender had no chance of having his walking orders, with reruns showing that he was linked to the ball before Kane fell.
Since the free kick that followed, Kimmich found olise that whipped the ball on the face of the goal, allowing Kane to nod her head through the legs of goalkeeper Finn Dahmen.
In the third minute of the downtime, Sane sparked a shot from the box which was transformed into goal by Chrislain Matsima, sealing the three points.
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