😶 So cruel! VfB star goes from equaliser hero to hard-luck man | OneFootball

The drama in the second half of the first Bundesliga match of the new season between Bayern and Stuttgart was anything but lacking — quite the opposite.

One of the league’s stars unwillingly became the main character: Josha Vagnoman.

Having effectively been dropped from the starting eleven during pre-season and likely a transfer candidate for quite some time, he mainly owed his appearance today to the injury of his positional rival Nikolas Nartey.

Shortly after the break, his inclusion initially paid off in a big way: A deflected ball landed at Vagnoman’s feet on the edge of the box, and he finished with his first touch to fire home the equalizer, much to the delight of his teammates (52’).

Bayern did not need long to respond. After a sublime pass from Kimmich behind the last line of defense, Olise tucked away the 2-1 just three minutes after the equalizer, before Vagnoman was back in the spotlight shortly afterwards — this time, however, inside Stuttgart’s own penalty area.

Davies played a blind pass into the six-yard box — with no teammate anywhere in sight — when the Stuttgart man tried to clear the ball to the side. However, he slipped and instead unfortunately turned the ball into his own net (57’).

That meant VfB were behind again just five minutes after making it 1-1 — and by two goals at that. Those minutes must have been especially bitter for Vagnoman, of course.

Another goal from Olise (63’) was ruled out after a VAR review, as the Bayern star appeared to have been offside with his shoulder when Kane played the pass, according to the footage.

But with ten minutes left, Pavlovic made it 4-1 from a Saibari assist to deliver the final knockout blow to Stuttgart. In stoppage time, Diaz added a fifth to make it 5-1.

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