It looks like Covid distraction was good enough to leave Bayern Munich without any points in an easy participated win over Augsburg, and that makes Borussia Dortmund’s match with Stuttgart today even more important. If they manage to win, the Millionaires will be only one point away from their fierce rivals. The problem is – Erling Haaland won’t be there to help. Black Friday for Bayern!Without Norwegian, Donyell Malen led the line in their 2-1 loss in Leipzig but the welcome return of Raphael Guerreiro at left wing-back may see Thorgan Hazard pushed into a central role ahead of Julian Brandt and captain Marco Reus. Before Leipzig, only Paderborn defeated Dortmund in Bundesliga since October, and that is the main reason while Marco Rose’s man are still in the title race. BVB have won their first six home Bundesliga matches under Rose, and seven to start a season would be a new club record. However, after Leipzig’s defeat, Rose was criticized by his captain Marco Reus for playing with three man in defense.’If Bayern were to buy Haaland, all hell would break loose in Germany’Borussia coach, as well as sporting director Michael Zorc downplayed the ‘incident’, stating there were no ‘bad blood’ between the pair. Rose was even more direct.“I am in constant contact with Marco. He didn’t get 20 punches with the stick. We will continue to work together in a trusting manner. The chain of three remains an option. We want to be tactically flexible” Haaland is a major player for Borussia, but not as Sasa Kalajdzic to Stuttgart. Since the Austrian striker is not in the team due to injury, defensive duo Marc-Oliver Kempf and Arsenal loanee Mavropanos top the charts with three goals apiece, but it will hardy be enough, as the pair will have loads of work against heavy artillery in Borussia’s attack, so Daniel Didavi and Hamadi Al Ghaddioui will have to find a way to score.
