“We don’t have to hide”
Bayern boss with a declaration of war on PSG
04.07.2025 – 07:14 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
FC Bayern is considered an outsider for many experts in the quarter-finals of the club World Cup against Champions League winner Paris. The president contradicts and warns.
For Bavaria Munich President Herbert Hainer, the premiere of the club World Cup has already succeeded. “I like the tournament so far. The audience cut was 34,000 after the preliminary round-that is more than in Series A or La Liga. (…) We always had a big stage. That is important,” said Hainer on Saturday (from 6:00 p.m. in the T-Online Livetecker) against Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain to “Münchner” Merkur/tz “.
If you look alone to South America, “how much the fans are enthusiastic about the club World Cup shows what potential in this format,” continued Hainer: “Whoever moves fans moves the world. And if you don’t go out into the world, you will not be seen anymore.”
For Hainer, the club World Cup offers another “beautiful effect”. The team and coaching team are “intensive together over a long period of time. For newcomers like Jonathan Tah, this means easier integration. You have the feeling that the team grows even more. This is crucial here.”
The anticipation of Hainer is also great on the duel with PSG. “Paris is currently one of the best teams in Europe and has also played heavily on this club World Cup. We are the greatest respect against the Champions League winner-but we are FC Bayern and do not have to hide,” said the 71-year-old.
The German record champion is “in a good mood-and when two top teams play against each other, this is always a spectacle for the fans,” says Hainer: “Such duels are about nuances, sometimes the form of the day.” Hainer does not miss the way to follow the strength of the two European heavyweights on site in Atlanta live in the stadium.
At the start of the KON round of the club World Cup, he has now also traveled to the USA. In the camp of the record champions, he celebrated his 71st birthday on Thursday. With a victory against PSG, Bayern would now only like to give him a suitable subsequent gift.