Since BVB made a mistake, FC Bayern can regain the lead in the table on Sunday (3:30 p.m.) with a home win against bottom-placed Hertha BSC. By winning the championship, Munich could still avert the sporting worst case scenario and alleviate the ongoing crisis a little. Nevertheless, ex-professional Michael Rummenigge sees the club in serious trouble.
Anything but a sovereign success against the bottom of the table would be the next embarrassment for FC Bayern. The objective of the German industry leader before the duel against Hertha BSC is correspondingly clear.
If coach Thomas Tuchel’s protégés do their duty, they would overtake Borussia Dortmund again. At the start of the 30th matchday in Bochum, the black and yellow were only 1-1.
But even if Bayern should greet them from the top again after the weekend, former Munich player Michael Rummenigge still sees a few problems on Säbener Strasse.
“One has the feeling that there is chaos on many levels and that everything only got worse with the change of coach, even if Tuchel is least responsible for it,” said the 59-year-old critically in an interview with “Sportbuzzer”.
FC Bayern: worst crisis since 1992?
Rummenigge has not experienced FC Bayern as restless as he has in 30 years. “The last time I remember the club was in a general crisis like this was in 1992,” revealed the former national player, whose big brother Karl-Heinz had led the club for several decades.
In the Champions League and in the DFB Cup, the record champions failed in the quarter-finals, so the targeted triple was lost within a few days.
Now Thomas Müller and Co. only has the Bundesliga to prevent a completely untitled season. Nevertheless, the end of the season should be anything but positive…