Even with little sleep, Kimmich is Bavaria’s best driver
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Joshua Kimmich (center) is surprisingly well rested
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Joshua Kimmich came to the game against Atlético straight from the birth of his second child. There is special praise from coach Hansi Flick. Club boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge warns of a new lockdown in the pandemic.
Dhe FC Bayern continued as he had left off in the triple season. In the final of the 2019/2020 Champions League against Paris St. Germain two months ago, Kingsley Coman scored the decisive goal, Joshua Kimmich prepared the goal.
In the first game of the new premier league season against Atlético Madrid on Wednesday evening, it was Kimmich again who made Comans 1-0 possible, this time with a conquered ball and subsequent submission. “That was a great pass from Jo,” said midfielder Leon Goretzka. Coman even called the pass “perfect”.
In the end, Munich won 4-0 (2-0), the second goal was scored by Goretzka, the third by Corentin Tolisso and the fourth by Coman. A result and an extremely convincing performance as the defending champion’s exclamation mark to the international competition.
After all, Atlético is “the biggest bully group”, as world champion Thomas Müller called across the pitch after receiving a yellow card against himself in the first half. The Spaniards have never lost higher in the competition. And Kimmich was the best Bavarian against these bullies with Coman. Although the 25-year-old international had slept less than usual.
“He’s an important player”
The night before the game, his girlfriend Lina Meyer gave birth to their second child. Kimmich was there when the daughter was born and only joined the team on Wednesday afternoon, he was absent from the morning’s training. “We are all glad that it came on time. So did he, of course. He’s an important player, ”said coach Hans-Dieter“ Hansi ”Flick. Because of the imminent birth of the child, Kimmich did not play in the Bundesliga game at Arminia Bielefeld (4-1) last weekend.
Kimmich in a duel with Luis Suarez (l.)
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Bayern are in very good shape and Atlético had few problems. Even without Serge Gnabry, a very good friend of Kimmich’s who tested positive for Corona on Tuesday, they dominated the game. Flick used the Frenchman Tolisso for the national team.
Flick has now won all of his first nine games as a coach in the Champions League, Bayern have scored 32 goals. Never before has a coach achieved such values in his first nine games in the premier class.
“Sharpen the senses”
The big concern for Bayern after the victory is the pandemic. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge warns of further consequences for the football industry after the first Corona case in the team. In view of the current rise in the number of infections, you have to “sharpen your senses”, warns the chairman of the board of the German soccer champions. “Another lockdown for football would be a drama,” said Rummenigge at Sky.
Rummenigge thanked the Munich health department, which had allowed the team to play against Madrid after another series of tests. Gnabry had taken part in training on Tuesday. “We have a game plan that almost eliminates the possibility of game failures,” said Rummenigge.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, CEO of Bavaria
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The Munich arena had to be played again without spectators. “Football culture suffers insanely without spectators,” said Rummenigge. This worries him at least as much as the financial damage caused by the pandemic.
At the Uefa Supercup in Budapest last September, a temperature tunnel was used to allow fans to enter the stadium. The Bavarians now want to propose the establishment of such a device to the authorities, said Rummenigge. With this, the club wants to achieve a partial readmission of viewers.
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