Fußball-Bundesliga 2007–08: Stuttgart vs. Bayern Munich

Saturday, November 10, 2007 

November 10, 2007 15:30 (UTC+1)
	Stuttgart	3–1	Bayern Munich	Gottlieb Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 55,600 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
	Gomez 10' (6) Cacau 24' Hilbert 30' (1) Gomez 42' (7) Bastürk 46' Khedira 46' Pardo 69' Cacau 74' Marica 74' Gomez 80' Beck 80' Tasci 90' Schäfer 90+1'	Match Report	45' Podolski 46' Podolski 46' Lell 46' Klose 46' Schweinsteiger 52' Schweinsteiger  70' Lucio 72' Kroos 72' Van Buyten 86' (9) Toni 88' Ribery

Bayern Munich suffered it's 1^st defeat of the Bundesliga season after losing 3-1 to reigning champions Stuttgart. This was Bayern Munich's 1^st lost in 7 months.

Mario Gomez gave Stuttgart the lead after only 10 minutes and Yildiray Bastürk gave Stuttgart a 2 goal lead after an half hour. Thorsten Kinhöfer was in the spotlight after denying Bayern Munich a goal which looked to cross the line. Stuttgart added a 3^rd just before half time. Bayern Munich got a goal back with 4 minutes left. Other 2^nd half highlights included a red card for Lucio. He was sent off for retaliating against a Stuttgart player.

Toni Kroos started his 1^st professional game while Lukas Podolski got another start while Miroslav Klose started on the bench.

Bayern Munich and Stuttgart are off for 2 weeks due to a set of internationals a week today and a week from next Wednesday.

Post-match quotes

	It’s not been a good week for us. Unfortunately, we failed to win in the UEFA Cup on Thursday, and today we’ve deservedly lost for the first time this season. Our problems started two or three weeks ago. The task now is to regroup and start a new run.
—Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, FCBAYERN.de

	It was an off day. We spent the afternoon asking ourselves: how can we make it easier for our opponents? Our display in the first half had nothing to do with football. We ran away from our tackles, and obviously that’s not on. A chain of errors led to their third, and it was over once Lucio was sent off. VfB took a professional approach to the game which Bayern lacked.
—Franz Beckenbauer, FCBAYERN.de

	We slept through the first quarter of an hour. We didn’t show enough aggression, we tried to play our way to success. We always knew it would be extremely tough in Stuttgart, so I fail to understand why we weren’t up for it physically. We were badly organised at the back and non-existent up front. We gave our opponents all the encouragement they needed. We woke up after their second, we had a promising spell and we were close to pulling one back. If we’d scored, I think we’d have gone on and taken something from the game, but it was unbelievably difficult at 3-0 down.
—Ottmar Hitzfeld, FCBAYERN.de

	We were lethargic in the first half, we didn’t go looking for the ball, and we didn’t win the ball. We never came near the attitude we needed for this match, so there was no way we were going to come away with anything. We’ve now got 14 days to get over it, and then we’ll be back with a vengeance. We’ll sit down and analyse the situation, but we’re not going to panic. We’re still top of the table. You’re obviously going to suffer minor setbacks at some point during a season. We’ve got our defeat over and done with, and we’ll learn the lessons from it. If we now go on and win the league, no-one will ever mention this game again.
—Oliver Kahn, FCBAYERN.de

	My team played well, especially in the first half. We were aggressive from the start and denied them space, otherwise you don’t stand a chance against Bayern. It worked to perfection in the first half.
—Armin Veh, FCBAYERN.de

Sources

• "Gomez brace ends Bayern's unbeaten run" — ESPN SOccernet, November 10, 2007