In reply to: I thought Barca looked very strong in the first half posted by KnightlyRevue
They had acre-sized gaps between the CBs to deal with. As 'off' as Thomas was yesterday, his little cross move pulled a CB out of position, created another big gap that Kounde didn't fill. Left a lane for Sane to run right through.
On the whole, I've been impressed with Nagelsmann's adjustments. Barcelona pressed well in the first half - but they can't do that for 90 - and as soon as they had to let up and Bayern started using all the width, it was done.
Looked like the narrowed their play as Sane went inside.
a touch late and Araujo did an excellent job of just watching Sane blow right by him. A touch late and not at all is the same thing when you have pace like Sane, Haaland or Mbappe coming at you.
An acre of space is an acre of space even if you fill it a second later, because a quick player is going to use it. That play starts because Bayern is very wide, the CBs are spread and they don't adjust quickly enough.