MOn Tuesday afternoon everyone had the opportunity to say thank you. The FC Bayern team landed in a special plane at Munich Airport, Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) received the players around captain Manuel Neuer. “The crowning glory of an outstanding season!” Söder wrote on Twitter about the triple victory of the football champions.
The club then drove into the stadium. The club employees waited there and cheered the team for its triumph in Lisbon, the players thanked them for the support and organization in this special Corona season.
It ended with a historic success on Sunday evening. For the second time in one season Bayern have won the German championship, the DFB Cup and the Champions League. No German team had managed that before, only FC Barcelona in the world. In the final, Munich won 1-0 (0-0) against Paris St. Germain, the goal was scored by Kingsley Coman, born in Paris and trained at PSG.
Then the pot landed in Munich – Manuel Neuer carries it out of the plane
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Seldom has a team won the premier class so deservedly. 7-1 against Chelsea (in two games), 8-2 against Barcelona, 3-0 against Olympique Lyon, in the final without conceding a goal against the offensive superstars Neymar, Kylian Mbappé and Ángel Di María. Bayern have won all eleven games in the Champions League, something that has never happened before. “That was the greatest spectacle I’ve ever been able to experience in the business,” said club boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, 64 years old and active in professional football since 1974, in his speech to the team at the celebration after the final in the team hotel “Penha Longa “.
Get out of the identity crisis
Flick and his players have set a new benchmark this season. The team found the 55-year-old from their identity crisis. And many experts and fans think that it has become the best Bayern team ever.
The Munich team didn’t just win in the past few months. They often won clearly, played very attractive football, impressed with their offensive, scored 43 goals in the Champions League – and also performed well. After the final, David Alaba first comforted Neymar, and only then did he celebrate. With a shirt that said “Black Lives Still Matter”. In the hour of triumph, Alaba also thought of his friend Franck Ribéry, with whom he won the triple in 2013, and called the Frenchman and his wife Wahiba via video app.
His colleague Joshua Kimmich wept with joy, and Flick also went to Neymar. “It’s a matter of respect, that’s important,” said the coach. And Thomas Müller raised the “handle pot” with Philipp Coutinho, who had been loaned out last year as a competitor for his position from Barcelona.
This is how Bayern fans celebrate the triple victory
In contrast to the rampaging fans in Paris, thousands of Bayern fans flocked to the streets of Munich after the victory over Paris St. Germain and exuberantly celebrated their team’s triple.
The mix in the squad is right: young star Alphonso Davies is enthusiastic worldwide, the veterans Neuer, Müller and Jérôme Boateng are back in top form, Robert Lewandowski is probably the best striker in the world. The rest of the team’s structure is made up of the “1995 class”, the new generation around Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry and Niklas Süle. Philipp Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger were at the zenith of their careers around the first Bayern triple in 2013. Kimmich and Co., on the other hand, are only around 25 years old and could shape the Bayern team for a long time to come.
With happiness on the ground: Serge Gnabry and Joshua Kimmich just enjoy
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“Really men, I’m so proud that we can accompany you,” said Flick, visibly moved, during the party in the hotel. FC Bayern is his first position as head coach in professional football. After just ten months, he has won all the major titles. “I’ve never trained a team like you, although it’s not too difficult,” said the coach.
To what extent does the team stay together?
Flick has reached the maximum. Rummenigge also turned to the coach via the microphone, put his hand on his shoulder: “You did an amazing job, you can be proud of it.” Even competitor Borussia Dortmund are happy with Bayern. Managing Director Hans-Joachim Watzke told WELT: “Bavaria deservedly won the Champions League. I am particularly happy for Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. This success is the culmination of his work. “
The new season will start in just over two weeks. Bayern will play first in the DFB Cup against the fifth division club 1. FC Düren, and on September 18 they will open the Bundesliga season against FC Schalke 04. “There is a nice saying,” said Flick on his big night at Lisbon. “Success is only rented – and the rent is due every day.” The team shows with their exemplary attitude every day that they are aware of this.
But to what extent does it stay together? Coutinho, Javi Martinez and Corentin Tolisso are reservists under Flick, their departures are considered likely – and shouldn’t hurt Bayern. But Thiago? He was one of the best against Paris. The Spanish midfield strategist failed to take advantage of an offer from Bayern for a new contract. “He told me he was staying,” said Flick in Lisbon. It was a joke. “No, I don’t know, and I don’t think he knows either. We’ll have to wait and see. ”There are many indications that Thiago will switch to Liverpool FC, trained by Jürgen Klopp. The whereabouts of Alaba and Ivan Perisic are also not certain.
Just don’t make mistakes in your success
Either way, Bayern are unlikely to be beaten in the Bundesliga. And also achieve their goals internationally. The new board member Oliver Kahn is working on a strategy paper for the direction of the club. This is a long-term goal: We want to consistently belong to the top five European clubs.
In success you make the biggest mistakes. Honorary President Uli Hoeneß quoted this sentence several times. Bayern absolutely want to avoid that. The victory in the Champions League brings them record income, they could come to over 115 million euros – depending on how much the European football association Uefa pays out this Corona season.
Bayern have already signed three additions: Leroy Sané from Manchester City is their absolute dream player, the dazzling star of the Kimmich generation. Then there is the 18-year-old Tanguy Nianzou from PSG, one of the most promising center-back talents in Europe, and Schalke’s goalkeeper Alexander Nübel.
“Thousands are out on the streets – horn concerts, car parade”
With the win against Paris St. Germain, FC Bayern Munich wins the triple for the second time in the club’s history. While the team celebrates the victory in the hotel, thousands of fans take to the streets in Munich.
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Sané was not yet eligible to play at the tournament in Lisbon. The triple victory does not make it easier for the national player to quickly gain a foothold in a new place of work. Despite enormous qualities, Sané must now find his place first. Bayern’s starting line-up without Gnabry and Müller is currently unimaginable.
Flick has proven what a good architect he can be in the short term. His next challenge now is to develop the team in the medium and long term. He’ll think about that soon. Now is the time to enjoy and relax. Flick and his players are now on vacation.
Worst feeling in the world
Under Thomas Tuchel, Paris Saint-Germain reached the first premier class final in the club’s history. Nevertheless, Tuchel is heartbroken, but above all praises Manuel Neuer’s performance.
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