FC Bayern failed prematurely in the DFB Cup for the third time in a row. Record national player Lothar Matthäus puts his finger in the wound after the loss against SC Freiburg and criticizes Joshua Kimmich.
With the surprising 2-1 defeat in the quarter-finals of the cup, FC Bayern lost their first title of the current season. “I can’t remember a series in which Bayern haven’t reached the semi-finals of the DFB Cup for three years. That’s very unusual,” said Lothar Matthäus in his “Sky” column, looking back on the fatal blunder against SC Freiburg .
“You can be eliminated against a second division team. You can also fail in the cup in Gladbach and even a home game, albeit very unlucky, can end in defeat against Freiburg. But failing three years in a row against Kiel, Gladbach and Freiburg is not Bavaria -like”, the TV expert put his finger in the wound.
After all, FC Bayern was able to take revenge against SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga last Saturday. After the 1-0 win, Joshua Kimmich cheered provocatively in the direction of the opposing fans, causing trouble.
“The Freiburgers are not a hateful club”
“I can understand the emotion that makes an ambitious professional like Joshua Kimmich overjoyed when he wins in Freiburg a few days later, but a player from FC Bayern and the national team has to have a bit more control over himself and not like that act exuberantly”, Matthäus criticized the midfielder.
The action was “not necessary”, judged the 1990 world champion. “I’m more discreet about that. The Freiburgers are not an unsympathetic or spiteful club that provokes Bayern,” said Matthäus: “It was a dream to progress against Bayern in the cup and then it is understandable that the images of the triumph are to be seen on the screen at the next game. It was certainly not a provocation.”