There is a general comprehension through German football of the word compound Bayern.
It dates back to the 1970s and relates to the habit of Bayern Munich to get apparently lucky breaks to win a match towards the end. Is Bayern often just lucky?
The term was not used much this season, but ironically, it suddenly became appropriate, not because Bayern prevailed in matches due to late winners, but rather because of dramatic and fortuitous actions to carry out Draws.
Saturday, I sat at the top of the Bayarena in Leverkusen during a night of bitter cold, commenting on the Master Summit (Summit of Champions) for ESPN. It was particularly bitter for the 3,000 Bayern fans in the Guest block (section outside) and the thousands more in the world that had to look at the Record champion Do not create a single chance or cut a corner, while clinging to 0-0 against a much better Bayer Leverkusen.
At halftime, the live information system ahead of me confirmed that we have just seen the first full half of football since the start of the Bundesliga data collection without a single blow or an attempt from the Bayern.
The meaning of Bayern was real when Manuel Neuer saved a Amine name an effort in the downtime and the ball sat down to Florian WirtzWho understood everything to draw his effort with the gaping goal. It was not ideal for Bayern in Rheinland, but in a world dominated by the results, they were at least able to say that their eight -point cushion at the top remained intact. The feeling of increase in some of the post-mutraque interviews, however, I did not find Bayern.
Never mind. Job did and Celtic at home in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.
It did not take long to determine that Bayern looked resolutely unstable against optimistic Scottish champions.
Concern, the multiple chances of Celtic resulted in errors of the defensive collective as well as from the individual variety. Josip StanisicBack after an absence in the longer term with a knee injury, did not appear for the match. In the meantime Dayot Upamecano continued to give the ball Kim Min-oui cut an uncertain figure and Raphaël Guerreiro seemed out of pace against the former player of the Bayern reserve team Nicolas Kühn.
When Kühn opened the scoring of the night and leveled him on the aggregates, no one could say that he was not deserved. That it took a deep goal in the stop time of the substitute in shape Alphonso Davies To save the Bacon from Bayern and seize a draw on the floor at home, thus avoiding additional time, descends as worrying.
Kicker magazine’s before Thursday coverage said it. “”Performance is no longer correct. “The performance is no longer correct.
Something has been wrong, and remember that it is a club obsessed with The last DahoamThe final of the Champions League this season taking place on home at home at the Allianz Arena. Right now, Bayern seems far from the category of potential winners. Equality in terms of 16 with Leverkusen in the next round will prove a challenge; Bayern is without victory in their last six games against last season’s champions.
When you analyze the team’s spine, you don’t see much trouble with an axis of Neuer, Joshua Kimmich,, Jamal Musiala And Harry Kane. The team itself is one of the best reunited in European club football.
Kane having released a half on Tuesday due to a calf injury, he strikes the house that there is no real backup for the captain of England. The decision not to play Mathys Tel Very well, then send it to Tottenham Hotspur on loan seems to me stranger.
Musiala, so often the catalyst and the difference, was invisible in matches against Leverkusen and Celtic.
The tempo of the Bayern team has disappeared in recent weeks. To be charitable, it may have something to do with the list of heavy lights, but it is something that must be treated urgently.
You may have noticed that I have not mentioned coach Vincent Kompany so far. The Belgian impressed most observers by his kind way and his calm behavior, but in Bayern, it is traditional to directly solve problems as they arise. Is it time for Kompany to get things back? Is it in its makeup?
If Bayern had come out against Celtic, it – fairly or unfairly – would have guaranteed an uncertain future for the former director of Burnley in Munich. As it stands, the results of the last two games have enabled him to praise the strong mentality necessary to achieve Bayern’s objectives, but more than the right attitude will be necessary against Sunday opponents, Eintracht Frankfurt.
Sunday is the day of the Federal Republic And Eintracht Frankfurt would obtain the vote of most people like the kind of team capable of damaging Bayern. I looked from the top of the atmosphere Northwest curve In Frankfurt last week, Eintracht beat Holstein Kiel 3-1 to continue his undefeated interior race since the start of the year.
Third place and therefore football in the Champions League seems to be a good bet for the Dino Topmöller team, which again found its balance after the oscillations in December.
Eintracht has a few things that happen for them when it comes to potentially posing problems for leaders on Sunday. To start, they have the pace of attack to disturb Upamecano and Kim. Hugo Ekitike Can decide on games with its unpredictable movement and this could be an assignment for the new signature with heels Elye Wahi Next to him.
Topmöller, who worked in Bayern under Julian Nagelsmann, deploys a rear three, and while the defensive chief Robin Koch There remains a doubt with a shoulder injury, Arthur Theate is for me a key figure with its capacity to pass. Ansgar Knauff And Nathaniel Brown can cause problems on the sides and in the former Bayern midfielder Mario Götze And early May UzunEintracht has a pair of Good technician (Precision technicians).
If Bayern is less Kane on Sunday, it means a replacement of the Carré pig holes. By that, I refer to an out of form Gnabry Serge or a pair of fake new in Musiala and Michael Olise. Thomas Müller It would be a cry outside at best at this stage of his career.
While an advance of eight points or more at the top has never been overthrown at this stage of a season of Bundesliga, I am not sure that we have completely reached Preliminary decision (Preliminary decision) Territory in the history of the title. Frankfurt is capable, and the Record champion cannot count solely on Bayern To see them through.
