“Overturn the oft-quoted bullshit” At FC Bayern they are already issuing slogans for perseverance
February 16, 2024, 6:04 a.m
FC Bayern Munich is under pressure, the horror scenario of a complete catastrophe is becoming more and more realistic: the first titleless season in twelve years. After the recent defeat in the Champions League, the president is combative.
After the setbacks in the Champions League and the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich President Herbert Hainer called for cohesion in the club. “At the moment we lack the lightness, the self-image,” said Hainer to the Münchner Merkur/tz media group. However, he is convinced that an “initial spark” is now needed “to overturn the much-quoted problem on the pitch.”
Bayern are threatened with elimination in the round of 16 in the Champions League; on Wednesday they lost 0-1 (0-1) at Lazio Rome and are under pressure in the second leg. Before that, the record champions lost 0-3 (0-1) in the league summit at Bayer Leverkusen – the first titleless season in twelve years is looming. “We’re not concerned with that at all,” claimed Hainer, who instead invoked belief in one’s own strengths. The Munich team would still have chances in the premier class and in the Bundesliga: “We don’t give up. FC Bayern always believes in itself, right up to the last minute.”
After the defeat in Rome, in which the team followed up an attractive first half with a weak second half that coach Thomas Tuchel couldn’t explain, he “spoke to the players at the banquet and on the return flight,” said Hainer: “It is Clearly the aim is to get back on the road to success as quickly as possible.” That is certainly possible, after all, “the individual quality of the team is known.” The criticized coach Thomas Tuchel and his coaching team “work meticulously and committedly,” said Hainer: “And the team has already shown what they can do this season.”