Bayern talent Pavlovic receives praise: “Good boy” – Tuchel wants to leave the church in the village

90 minutes against VfB

Which defensive midfielder will FC Bayern bring in for a lot of money in the winter? As is well known, coach Thomas Tuchel wants a so-called “Holding Six”, i.e. a player who is primarily defensive-minded in front of the defense. In the 3-0 win in the top game of the Bundesliga against VfB Stuttgart, the inexpensive homegrown Aleksandar Pavlovic performed the difficult job very well alongside Raphaël Guerreiro and filled the gap left by national players Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka due to illness Center was created.

“It was a turbulent preparation for the game,” reported Tuchel after the important victory in the last home game of the year. Pavlovic did well in his second starting eleven, the coach said. The youngster also shone with two Munich standard goals as a free kick and corner taker. However, Tuchel didn’t want to celebrate him: “We proved today that we trust him. But let’s leave the church in the village.”

The German-Serb Pavlovic, who came to FC Bayern as a seven-year-old, became more and more confident on the ball and more dominant as the game progressed, praised Tuchel. And then he was also “involved in the standard situations” with the headers from Harry Kane and Min-jae Kim to make it 2-0 and 3-0. Pavlovic is “a good boy”. The midfield talent received plenty of recognition from his prominent teammates in the Bayern dressing room. “There have been a few pats on the back,” he revealed. “There’s always a little bit of nervousness,” said Pavlovic after his surprisingly calm appearance: “But then you’re in your film, you ignore everything else and just play football.”

The record champions recently contractually bound the homegrown player, who was upgraded from 200,000 to 2 million euros in the Bundesliga’s latest market value update, to them until 2027. “As a true Munich native, he made it into the FC Bayern first team – our fans dream of stories like this becoming reality, and we at the club feel the same way. His path should also be a role model for our talents: “You can make it to the top via the campus,” explained CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen during the extension.

Pavlovic wants to establish himself more and more among the professionals – just like Thomas Müller once did. “He’s a very nice guy, he’s a Bayern legend, you can only look up to him,” said the talent about the German national player, who is almost twice his age.

“The squad is small, but on the other hand there is the chance for people from the second row to show what they can do. They did an excellent job,” said President Herbert Hainer and also praised Pavlovic: “We will sit down for the next few days and think about what we will do in the winter.” But nothing will be done just to fill up the squad.

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