After the third draw in a row, FC Bayern has slipped to third place in the Bundesliga, followed by 1899 Hoffenheim and BVB with equal points in the table. The longtime Bayern star Lothar Matthäus has commented on the unusual weaknesses of Munich.
According to the 61-year-old, the problems of the record champions, who recently only drew one against Union Berlin, Gladbach and VfB Stuttgart, are homemade. The team of head coach Julian Nagelsmann would lack leaders on the pitch in the critical phases of such games, who would take responsibility and “hit in between”.
In its “skyIn the column, Matthäus named Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mats Hummels, David Alaba and Jérôme Boateng, among others, as having taken responsibility for such difficult games.
“Today FC Bayern has very talented players, but when things don’t go well, the team lacks such guys. Many then hide or look for the problem with others. At that time there were seven or eight of them, now with Kimmich and Müller there are only two Leader on the field and Manuel in goal,” explained the world footballer of 1990 in his column.
Matthäus praises Bundesliga clubs from Berlin and Freiburg
In the first Bundesliga games, when the 6-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt and 7-0 at VfL Bochum would have looked like it was “made of one piece”, the results in the Bundesliga were missing three times in a row.
“I’m not overly concerned after those three draws, but giving up six points in such a short space of time is a lot,” said Matthäus.
All in all, the German record national player is happy about the new and unexpected excitement that the 2022/2023 Bundesliga season has brought about after six matchdays to date.
“Thank you to the clubs in the Bundesliga, who ensure that, at least after six matchdays, it’s more exciting at the top than it has been for a long time. Union, Freiburg and Hoffenheim in the top five. Awesome. Great. Keep it up,” said Matthäus. who himself was German champion seven times with FC Bayern.