Four Takeaways as Bayern Munich narrowly escape Wolfsburg

21 December 2019, Bavaria, Munich: Football: Bundesliga, Bayern Munich - VfL Wolfsburg, 17th matchday in the Allianz Arena. Munich's players cheer with Serge Gnabry (3rd from left) about his goal for 2-0. Photo: Angelika Warmuth/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and the DFB Deutscher Fußball-Bund, it is prohibited to exploit or have exploited in the stadium and/or from the game taken photographs in the form of sequence images and/or video-like photo series. (Photo by Angelika Warmuth/picture alliance via Getty Images) /

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Bayern Munich’s Dutch midfielder Joshua Zirkzee reacts after the second goal for Munich during the German first division Bundesliga football match Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg in Munich on December 21, 2019. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP) / DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images) /

Joshua Zirkzee has arrived

It has been several years since a Bayern academy player has made the jump to the first team and had a real impact. Enter the Dutch forward, Joshua Zirkzee. In his last two Bundesliga matches, Zirkzee has come on at the end of the match and scored the winning goal both times.

The winter break will allow the Dutchman to continue training with the first team, and hopefully get more minutes in matches. To go along with Zirkzee, Flick also handed Leon Dajaku his first appearance at the end of the match. In the last month, Flick has given debuts to Dajaku, Zirkzee, and Sarpreet Singh. The only youth players called up that haven’t received minutes are Lars Lukas Mai and Oliver Batista Meier.

This has been a welcome sight, seeing these youth players get chances in the senior squad. Zirkzee has made the most of it. Hopefully, the other will get more minutes and can be relied upon by Flick even when all the first-choice attacking players return from injuries.