Vincent Kompany is considered the driving force behind FC Bayern’s current run. As a sign of recognition, his contract was extended early. The Champions League game against FC Brugge is a very special one for the coach.
The Munich series winners will meet in the Champions League on Wednesday (9 p.m./live in the radio report on BR24Sport) in the Allianz Arena against FC Brugge. And for coach Vincent Kompany, whose contract was extended early to 2029 on Tuesdayit’s a special game.
In his 63rd competitive game as Bayern coach, the 39-year-old will face a club from his homeland for the first time – and not just any club. Kompany began his professional and later coaching career at Anderlecht, which has a “French” image. FC Brugge, on the other hand, is the “pride of Flanders”, i.e. the rival part of the country. And between the Belgian record champions and the record cup winners there is probably the greatest rivalry in Belgian club football – comparable to that between FCB and TSV 1860 Munich.
Racism incident 2021: Kompany “still speechless”
This has already crossed borders. The memories of a racism incident still leave Kompany affected. In 2021, the then Anderlecht coach was racially insulted by Bruges fans. “It’s still difficult to classify it. Back then after the game I was speechless, four years later I’m still speechless,” said the Belgian before the duel against Brugge.
“I was captain of the national team. I played for the national team for 17 years. And when you go somewhere and your staff are called ‘brown monkeys’ after so many years, it’s not easy,” said Kompany, describing his emotional state. Despite everything, he didn’t want to “focus on anything other than the game at the moment” and emphasized that the Brugge team, which will be on the pitch on Wednesday, has nothing to do with the incident.
“feeling of rivalry” yes, but the focus is on success
But when he sees each other again, he feels a “feeling of rivalry” because of his past, but the focus is of course on the success of his team. After the opening successes against the club world champions Chelsea FC (3:1) and the FC Pafos (5:1) FCB wants to achieve its next success. The home game against Bruges will be followed in November by two extremely tricky away games against defending champions Paris Saint-Germain and current Premier League leaders Arsenal FC.
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Source: BR24Sport October 22, 2025 – 9:00 p.m
