Salihamidzic: “Important action”
“Our team set itself even higher goals this season and has been very busy with itself and its future path since being eliminated from the Champions League. We think that’s positive. As a player, I learned how strength can grow from defeats. That kind of thing Joint action by the team can be an important basis here,” explained the sports director.
The Munich team has won their tenth championship title in a row this season. In the Champions League they were disappointing in the quarter-finals at FC Villarreal, in the DFB-Pokal in the second round they clearly failed at Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Whether Nagelsmann evaluates this short trip as positively as his sports director is at least doubtful. The criticism of the attitude of his players was too clear. At least Nagelsmann’s hints appear in a different light after the game. He did not want to speak publicly about the reasons for the embarrassing performance, but said: “I have an explanation, but I only say it internally to the team”.
Magath: “I wouldn’t think of something like that”
FC Bayern’s poor performance had also caused criticism within the Bundesliga. Above all, Hertha coach Felix Magath spoke negatively about his former employer: “FC Bayern are already champions, but I don’t know why a team stops playing three weeks before the end of the season. That doesn’t serve the Bundesliga,” said he after his team’s 1-1 draw against Arminia Bielefeld.
After the Ibiza trip became known, he added again: “I would definitely not allow something like that, something like that would not come to mind,” said Magath on Sunday of the “Bild”. Berlin is currently still fighting to stay up – under Among other things, with VfB Stuttgart, the next opponent of Munich.
Professionalism at the end of the season: “Absolutely clear”
Training in Munich is scheduled for Tuesday and preparations for the last home game of the season against VfB next Sunday will begin. “It’s absolutely clear that our players will give their all with their professionalism and footballing strength against VfB Stuttgart on Sunday to give our fans a nice end to the season as German champions in their own stadium with a win,” said Salihamidzic.
Captain Manuel Neuer, who apparently was not part of the travel group, will then be presented with the championship trophy by the new DFL Managing Director Donata Hopfen in the Allianz Arena. On the last day of the game, coach Julian Nagelsmann’s team will be visiting VfL Wolfsburg.
