Bayern Munich’s first game back and of 2024 is a friendly match against next-door neighbors FC Basel. Try as they might, Bayern could not find a way through the Swiss team’s structure and were shutout for the most part of the game. The match eventually ended in a 1-1 draw. In this pod, RIPLT features in his pod debut and talks about the following:

• A look at the lineups from both teams
• Aleksandar Pavlović can make a proper pass; is he Bayern’s next Thiago?
• Leroy Sané and Alphonso Davies were frustrating in this game
• The match served as proving grounds for the youth and they did alright
• Passing around too much is not good, so is not doing it enough
• Basel played really well and gave Bayern hell (bars)
• Bayern can still be stifled even with a near full strength team
• A preview of Bayern’s upcoming January and February games up to the first leg of the Champions League

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