Rios was carried on a stretcher in tears after sustaining a severe ankle injury two months before the start of the World Cup in Qatar.
OKTOBERFEST BLUES
On the day the Munich Oktoberfest opened, Bayern ended their three-game run without a win by losing for the first time this season – in a team that had lost each of their three home games, The Associated Press reports.
“It’s getting darker. That’s how we all feel now,” said Thomas Muller, the Bayern Munich veteran.
The Bavarian center of power was goalless for the first time in the league since February 9, 2020 by Leipzig – 87 games.
Augsburg goalkeeper Rafai Djekevich was the hero who made superb saves to keep Bayern’s stars at bay, but his tireless teammates were also falling behind by chasing and harassing the guests.
Mirghem Berisha stunned them by scoring in the 59th minute when he was allowed to fly to defeat Manuel Neuer with his first goal in the Bundesliga.
Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann sent in response to Serge Gnabry, then Marcel Sabitzer, then Eric Maxim Chubo-Moting and Josep Stanicic for Sadio Mane and Jamal Musiala.
Bayern kept pushing and finished the match with Neuer up front. Heading a corner kick, Djekevich then made more brilliant saves to deny his counterpart again.
“The coach said we either lose 5-0 or win 1-0,” said Jekevich, whose team had not drawn in any of their last 16 games. “Really, you can only beat Bayern Munich by risking a little bit… Of course, they have Mane, Gnabry, Muller and Mosila – wild players – but the names don’t play, it’s 11 against 11 and I’m very happy.”
Dortmund is moving up
Dortmund had to wait until the 79th minute for Yossoufa Mukoko to break through in the first Ruhr derby for two seasons after Schalke’s one-year stay in the second division.
Marius Wolf sent the perfect cross to the Dortmund substitute to head the winner’s head. 17-year-old Mokkoko came for ineffectual Anthony Modeste a quarter of an hour ago.
“The three most beautiful points we’ll get all season,” said Dortmund coach Eden Terzic, who was not tied in the case of Reus.
This win lifted Dortmund to the expected lead in former leader Union Berlin’s match against Wolfsburg on Sunday.
protest party
RB Leipzig coach Marco Rose received an unwelcome return to former club Borussia Mönchengladbach before his side suffered a 3-0 loss.
Jonas Hoffmann scored twice and Rami Bensbini finished third as they beat Gladbach for the third time this season – the first under Rose.
In protest of Rose’s new team, Gladbach fans whistled any time the opposing player caught the ball.
They also carried a giant banner reading “No to RB,” a reference to Red Bull, the company that funded Leipzig’s rise through the Bundesliga system after he founded the club in 2009.
Bayer Leverkusen’s frustrating start to the season also continued as Werder Bremen fought to a 1-1 draw and Eintracht Frankfurt enjoyed a 3-1 win at Stuttgart as Japanese midfielder Daichi Kamada scored the three goals.