“Perhaps you could have saved yourself a lot”

The fact that the second half of the season opener in the Bundesliga between FC Bayern and Borussia Mönchengladbach should take place as planned on Friday evening despite the corona alarm in the Munich warehouse continues to create waves. Michael Rummenigge is also certain that the game has little to do with fair competition under the current circumstances. But the ex-professional also sees part of the blame for the clubs.

In the course of his career and afterwards, Michael Rummenigge has seen and experienced a lot. The current situation in the Bundesliga is new territory for the 57-year-old as well.

Almost all clubs are affected by the current Corona wave, numerous professionals will be canceled on the 18th matchday and possibly beyond.

In a video interview with the “Editorial network Germany“Rummenigge has now expressed himself critical of the DFL’s stipulation to maintain the game operations as unrestrictedly as possible.

“It’s dramatic when you’re nine players short. That’s almost an entire team that is canceled. But the rules say: at least 15 players, including a goalkeeper – and Bayern still have that,” said the former international .

Nevertheless, he would have liked a different solution. “They (FC Bayern; editor’s note) still have a great squad on the field. But it’s a bit of a distortion of competition. That actually has a normal kick in the Bundesliga as we know it nothing to do, “complained the brother of the former FCB boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

Rummenigge criticizes the planning of the preparation at FC Bayern and BVB

At the same time, Rummenigge questioned the planning of the Bundesliga clubs, most of whom had only returned to training after the turn of the year.

“What amazes me is that clubs like Bayern Munich or Borussia Dortmund only start preparing for the second half of the season five or six days before the first game. That could have been done on December 27. Then there might be a lot of players not driven so far away and forced to stay in their surroundings, “said the Westphalian.

Rummenigge added: “You might have saved yourself a lot if you had brought the team together earlier. Then there would not have been so many corona cases.”