Jürgen Kohler sees Bayern at an advantage against BVB

The top game between leaders Bayern and pursuers Dortmund is imminent. While BVB boss Hans-Joachim Watzke is combative, ex-national player Jürgen Kohler has a clear favorite.

Former national player Jürgen Kohler sees FC Bayern Munich at an advantage in the top match against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday (6.30 p.m. / in the t-online live ticker). “Bayern have more players who can decide a game with one action. In addition to (Robert) Lewandowski and (Manuel) Neuer, who have embodied world class for years, they also have Thomas Müller, who is very important for the style of play and communication is “, Kohler told the newspapers of the” Funke media group “. During his playing days, the defender played for both BVB and FC Bayern.

Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich also listed Kohler – but sees the midfielder who is currently unable to work due to a corona infection but has not yet reached the top performance level. Kimmich also has “one or the other deficit and is not yet a world-class player. He is only on the way there, he will always have games in which he is directly or indirectly to blame for goals conceded.” Kohler’s conclusion: “Bayern simply have a larger selection of players who can decide games.”

Robert Lewandowski (r.) And Jude Bellingam: The latter welcomes Bayern with BVB next weekend. (Source: Moritz Müller / imago images)

“Have shown what we are capable of”

Before the top game in the Bundesliga on Saturday, the leaders from Munich have one point ahead of Dortmund. But BVB managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke has struck belligerent tones.

“If you win the last 20 Bundesliga games 17, then you should have enough self-confidence. We showed in Wolfsburg what we are capable of when we are reasonably complete. That will continue,” said Watzke in a Sky- Interview.

He expects from his team “that we appear courageous, that we appear confident”. BVB coach Marco Rose was not only combative after Dortmund’s victory in Wolfsburg. “I experience him combative every day. And that’s the way it is, they should come,” said the managing director with a greeting to Bayern before the classic.

Football attacked by populists, according to Watzke

He would have been happy at such a top game if 67,000 spectators had been able to enter the stadium. “But to be fair, we have to say that we now have to pay tribute to the pandemic situation that we have. We cannot completely disconnect from that,” stressed Watzke. “I would only wish that football was less attacked by populists and more simply factual and sensible. Because it is also clear that the Bundesliga has not been a pandemic driver at all so far.”

On Saturday it will “of course come about that we play with significantly fewer spectators. I think you can say that. And that takes a little bit of that very special feeling,” said the 62-year-old.