Bayern Munich – Eintracht Frankfurt (Bundesliga) / Two draws and some annoyances: should Bayern be worried?

This is a first for the FCB this season. All competitions combined, he had never chained two matches without winning. There had indeed been this series of four unsuccessful meetings in the Bundesliga at the end of the summer, but interrupted by victories in the German Cup (0-5), against Viktoria Cologne, and in the Champions League, in the shocks against Inter (0-2) and Barça (2-0). It’s hard to talk about a bad pass after only two games since the restart. But the big deadline for the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League against PSG, on February 14, comes too quickly for this delay in the re-ignition to go completely unnoticed.

Bayern know how to overcome slack periods

The time is not yet to be alarmed in Bavaria. Bayern has built sufficiently solid certainties not to waver at the first gust of wind. “There are no problems in Munich at the momenttestifies Dennis Melzer, journalist for the German editorial staff of Eurosport. This season, Bayern had already experienced somewhat slower periods, they overcame them in an impressive way. And traditionally, they had never lasted very long in previous seasons. In reality, only the first half against Cologne was completely disappointing. The draw in Leipzig was okay, after all RB currently one of the best teams in the country.”

All is not rosy despite everything, beyond the results of the beginning of the year. Like other big European clubs, Bayern suffered some hassles after the World Cup. Physical, with the injuries of Manuel Neuer, Lucas Hernandez and Noussair Mazraoui, while Sadio Mané has just resumed training. But also moral. “The many German internationals returned from the World Cup disappointed, as well as the French players who had to deal with the disappointment of losing the final“, recalls Dennis Melzer.

Fashion Week and psychodrama

And as often with Bayern, the small annoyances don’t stop on the pitch. Serge Gnabry’s trip to Paris to attend Fashion Week, just after the draw against Cologne, caused a little ink to flow and some teeth to cringe. “It’s amateurishfumed Hasan Salihamidzic, the sports director of the Bavarian club. That’s exactly what I don’t like. Running somewhere when you have a day off is not what we want at Bayern.” And then the German media did not fail to make their headlines on the psychodrama Toni Tapalovic.

Three crucial matches before Paris

Nothing really new here. Bayern still have their Hollywood side, and that has never stopped them from collecting titles on the pitch. Where some players seem a little rusty in the image of their team. In particular Gnabry, replaced at the break against Cologne, but also the nugget Jamal Musiala, discreet since the resumption. “He is only 19soulful Dennis Melzer. We must allow him to have bad matches. That’s what they do at Bayern. Everyone knows its huge potential. Such things can happen after a long winter break with a disappointing World Cup.”

Bayern are not overly worried about it. No more than this slow start to the year as the meeting with PSG approaches. “The focus is not on the duel with Mbappé, Messi and Co, but much more on winning the next three matchesestime Dennis Melzer. There are quite formidable adversaries. Eintracht Frankfurt arrive this weekend, Bayern are due to face Mainz in the German Cup during the week and Wolfsburg, who have won six games in a row, wait next. After the Wolfsburg game, I think we will know how prepared Bayern are for PSG.“Which, too, hasn’t been showing the greatest sovereignty lately.