Bayern have already won ten Bundesliga titles in a row. Based on their first match of the new campaign, it’s difficult to look beyond them yet again. It may not be sportsmanlike, it may not even be legal, but can we award the title to the Bavarians and let the remaining 17 clubs compete in peace?Bayern don’t do slow starts, and they don’t take it easy. Tonight, they were 1-0 ahead inside the opening five minutes, the lead was doubled shortly after that and Julian Nagelsmann’s team were up by three inside the opening half-hour.Goals from Joshua Kimmich, Benjamin Pavard, Sadio Mane, Jamaal Musiala and Serge Gnabry went in with next to no resistance from the disoriented home team at the Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt. Last season, they lifted the UEFA Europa League, Europe’s second-strongest international club competition, but facing the champions, they looked like a random bunch of amateurs.Home goalkeeper Kevin Trapp must have been feeling like the loneliest man alive. He was waving his arms, trying to rush off his line, and shouted at his defenders, desperate for some support and coverage, but it was nowhere to be found.Bayern Munich 5-0 up at halftime against FrankfurtLooks like no one will miss Lewandowski.— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) August 5, 2022 Eintracht’s coach Oliver Glasner made three substitutions at the break in an attempt to give his dead-looking team some sort of CPR. And, for what it’s worth – it worked.Bayern’s long-serving captain Manuel Neuer gifted a goal away. Other than shot-stopping, his main trait is leaving his penalty box and playing comfortably with his feet. However, he made a hash out of such an occasion 20 minutes into the second half, allowing Randal Kolo Muani to roll the ball easily into the empty net. Eintracht’s goal came after Mario Gotze saw his goal disallowed by VAR. Seeing the 2014 World Cup winner score against his old club on his return to German football would have been quite something.The home fans decided their night had been miserable enough, so they seemingly chose to forget those five goals they ended up in their net and acted as if they had just gone ahead. When you’re forced to play against Bayern at least two times per season, you can be forgiven for indulging in a bit of delusion from time to time.Leroy Sane and Musiala combined nicely late in the game to restore a five-goal lead and ensure that the Eagles don’t win the second half.Remember when people genuinely suggested that Bayern won’t be able to cope without Robert Lewandowski? That day might come – but it’s certainly not today. Good luck to any team facing Bayern this season!BUNDESLIGA – matchday 1FridayEintracht Frankfurt – Bayern 1-6 (0-5)/Kolo Muani 64 – Kimmich 5, Pavard 11, Mane 29, Musiala 35, 83, Gnabry 43/Saturday16.30: (3.40) Augsburg (3.35) Freiburg (2.30)16.30: (1.90) Wolfsburg (3.60) Werder (4.40)16.30: (2.30) M’ gladbach (3.60) Hoffenheim (3.20)16.30: (1.90) Union Berlin (3.60) Hertha (4.50)16.30: (3.25) Bochum (3.20) Mainz (2.45)19.30: (2.25) Dortmund (3.60) Leverkusen (3.30)Sunday16.30: (4.60) Stuttgart (3.70) RB Leipzig (1.85)18.30: (1.85) Koln (3.70) Schalke (4.60)***odds are subject to change
