Again “crisis Wiesn” in Munich
Oliver Kahn wants to use the international break at FC Bayern Munich to thoroughly work through the Bundesliga misery. “We now have the opportunity to go into the analysis for 14 days, to critically deal with each other, to have many discussions and then to tackle the next part of the season with renewed strength,” said the record champion’s CEO during the Oktoberfest visit on Sunday.
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The Munich team are on course in the “premier class” with two wins, in the Bundesliga they are only fifth after a 0-1 draw at FC Augsburg and five points behind leaders Union Berlin. The mood on Sunday was correspondingly depressed when we went back to the beer tent after the Oktoberfest break caused by the pandemic.
However, the Bayern stars have repeatedly experienced “crisis Oktoberfests” in recent years. Under coach Niko Kovac, the team also went to the marquee in 2018 and 2019 after defeats. Coach Carlo Ancelotti had to vacate the post a few days after his Oktoberfest visit in 2017. During his tenure, the team always showed up after a draw at the world’s largest folk festival. The last time after a win was under Pep Guardiola in 2015 “Raise the mugs”.
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“The team must have realized by now at the latest that apart from our own fans there is no one out there who would give us another championship title,” said Kahn after the last ten championships in a row. After the international break, the Bundesliga continues with a home game against Bayer Leverkusen. This is followed by the league summit at Borussia Dortmund and a home game against SC Freiburg. In the meantime, the Munich team want to book the round of 16 ticket in the Champions League with two games against Viktoria Pilsen.
Nagelsmann criticized at FC Bayern? Kahn gives backing
“It’s not about perseverance slogans. Thank God we’re still relatively early in the season. We always have the strength to get back to the top,” said Kahn, who supported trainer Julian Nagelsmann. “We are not dealing with any other coaches now, we are totally convinced of Julian.”
However, it is questionable whether the players are still unconditionally behind Nagelsmann. The “Kicker” doubts it and reports of increasingly critical voices that penetrate the team to the outside. Accordingly, Nagelsmann’s management style and communication are the focus, and his behavior is also sometimes regarded as not very serious.
The discussion as to whether FC Bayern can function without a position-based replacement for Robert Lewandowski (34), who has migrated to FC Barcelona, is heating up again. When asked whether Munich might be missing a real nine, Nagelsmann replied: “What do you do when I say ‘No’? What do you do when I say ‘Yes’? It doesn’t really matter what I answer now. If I say no, you’re saying he doesn’t see the problem. When I say yes, everyone writes that he misses Lewandowski. It doesn’t matter what I answer.”
Nagelsmann has until Friday’s game against Bayer 04 on September 30 to get his team back on course and continue to realign the system without any real strikers. “Then we have to win,” said sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic. The negative series of four Bundesliga games without a win means “nothing good” for Nagelsmann, the 35-year-old told the “kicker”. “What should I say exactly?” When asked what had to change, Nagelsmann added: “A lot. We need to use four one-on-one situations on the goalie to win games. If we don’t do it, we don’t win. It’s actually quite simple.”
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