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#3 Mats Hummels
Hummels and Boateng formed a solid defensive partnership for Bayern this season under Jupp Heynckes. However, for Joachim's side, Hummels' communication with Jerome Boateng was uncharacteristically off the radar.
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Mats began his Russian adventure with a terrible outing against Mexico. He was caught out on quick counters. He was too slow for Layun's trickery. Venturing forward, he left acres of space behind him. He even slipped in a high position for Chicharito to start the play for the sole goal of the game. Playing with such a high defensive line, communication was the key, and the former Dortmund was clearly lacking.
After missing out on the second game, Hummels started in the must-win game. Although he made a few crucial blocks and a couple of successful tackles, he was poor in the other box. Ozil whipped in cross after cross and created as many as 7 chances of which 2 were for Mats. Hummels had as many as 3 free heading opportunities in the game and failed to convert all of them.
