""I think the first half was decent from us. We had a few chances today to take the lead. We actually wanted to play the same way in the second half, keeping up the pressure, looking to win the ball back. And then we just made a poor start to the second half, conceded two quick goals. But you can't then fall apart the way we did. An 8-1 loss is truly embarrassing.""
""The vertical transitions that the home side used kept catching the visitors off guard repeatedly and led to a goalfest. While the scoreboard only partially reflects it, Wolfsburg did start pretty decently in the Allianz Arena. Bayern were still finding their rhythm and the Wolves managed to equalize and bring the game back to level after an own goal by Kilian Fischer.""
""In the second half Bayern just found new gears and blitzed the visitors. While the Wolfsburg defense was doing an strenuous job of holding back Bayern, vertical transitions proved to be a weakness. Most of the goals that Bayern scored in the second half were to quick back and forth shifts along the vertical direction that the Wolves could not adjust to quickly enough. By rinsing and repeating this strategy the Bavarians tore apart Daniel Bauer's men.""
Bayern Munich overwhelmed Wolfsburg 8-1 after a well-rested start and rapid vertical transitions that repeatedly caught the visitors off guard. Wolfsburg started decently and equalized following an own goal by Kilian Fischer and had more first-half shots than Bayern. The second half swung decisively as Bayern increased tempo, repeatedly exploiting vertical shifts the Wolfsburg defense could not adjust to. The Bavarians converted a 3.30 xG into eight goals through clinical finishing and repeated transition patterns. Kilian Fischer called the 8-1 result embarrassing and lamented the team's collapse after conceding two quick second-half goals.
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