“My Bayern” is the name of the column by SPORT BILD reporter legend Raimund Hinko, which deals with the German record champions. Hinko has been with Munich for decades.
Dear Oliver Kahn,
well finally! You finally woke up. The volcano that you suppressed in your new job as Bayern boss, controlled by business advisors who make sure that you artificially hide your feelings, has finally awakened in you again.
The way you freaked out in Dortmund in the 95th minute, after the late 2:2 by the harmless Borussia, that was again the old goalkeeper Kahn, who used to have marginal but really great performances in Dortmund. Who bit Heiko Herrlich in the neck in April 1999 (without blood), who just missed Stephane Chapuisat with a kung fu kick. How lucky for Borussia boss Aki Watze that he wasn’t sitting next to you in the stands on Saturday…
Is Kahn getting nervous?
What this scene reveals about Bavaria’s crisis
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Opponents used to be afraid of you. It’s about time they were afraid of CEO Oliver Kahn again. They tremble before him like they did in 1999. At that time, Borussia was 2-0 ahead after two goals from Herrlich. In the end it was 2:2! That’s right: 2:2 after goals from Alexander Zickler and Carsten Jancker. Kahn had shaken them all awake.
You don’t have to make a fool of yourself. But if it’s bubbling inside you, then it has to come out, no matter in which role. So that you remain authentic. So that the players feel that you are afraid after four draws and one defeat in the young season. That you’re worried about Bayern’s goals for the season. That you even ponder whether Julian Nagelsmann is the right coach. Since Bayern isn’t playing Bayern-like more and more often, because in Dortmund after great combinations in the second half, possession suddenly disappeared.
You noticed how thin-skinned this young coach has become at 35. That your predecessor Karl-Heinz Rummenigge called him a talented coach, even if he didn’t mean it in a derogatory way. You have noticed how Xabi Alsono, at 40 five years more mature than Nagelsmann, this fantastic former world-class footballer with Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern, first gained experience as a coach in the U14 at Real Madrid and the reserve team of Real Sociedad in San Sebastian before he now dared to sign on at Bayer Leverkusen.
Xabi Alonso never lost sight of Bayern…
“Make sure that FC Bayern always remains this family club, as I was able to experience it,” said the Spaniard to Uli Hoeneß when he decided in 2017 to end his playing career. Matured with coaches and teachers such as Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti, Zinedine Zidané, José Mourinho. Eager to learn and the next moment stubborn with your own head. Xabi Alonso will always be an issue at Bayern because it was love from the first to the last minute.
Of course he’s not available for Bayern right now. And the question doesn’t arise yet. Not even in January after the World Cup in Qatar, unless Bayern slip into midfield in free fall, Nagelsmann would be unstoppable and they would use the Bundesliga break to reposition themselves. There would then have to be an emergency solution. Or Thomas Tuchel.
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After Hoeneß criticism
Striker discussion at Bayern
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I don’t think that after Robert Lewandowski’s departure, a centre-forward, a new number 9, could do the trick. The problems are currently more in the middle. They lie everywhere. And Sadio Mané should only find his way back to the old Liverpool goal threat after a few weeks or even months of adjustment. Almost everyone at Bayern takes that long, except for Xabi Alonso, when he had 88 ball contacts in 68 minutes in his first game at Schalke in 2015 – as if he had been a Munich player all his life.
Two more remarks, dear Oliver:
You know you can’t hide behind the decisions of the commanding referee Deniz Aytekin, who would have sent off Dortmund’s Jew Bellingham anywhere in the world after his first-half kick against Alphonso Davies but at Signal Iduna Park , so as not to upset the fans. In order not to raise the suspicion that as a Bavarian he prefers Bayern. That was a high price for FCB.
And: The word empathy is used more and more often in football. There is also talk of the fact that you, dear Oliver Kahn, with your brusque manner, were not born with this gift. But one should not be deceived. The closer you get to the team, the more you can free yourself from your sometimes grumpy expression. You can loosen up again, just like you used to in decisive moments as a goalkeeper. I’m sure.
