He made a statement, no national anthem was sung, not a second was played, there was no mourning. Some bring back memories of vacations, Boateng came with his hair dyed purple. Perhaps a tribute to former defensive comrade Mats Hummels, who once ran with his head bleached. Boateng doesn’t just set signals with the new color. He collided brilliantly with the light-footed Rabbi Matondo. Bayern Bank applauded. He only moved a, well, a creepy bad pass that landed on Goncalo Paciencia once. The misstep had no worse consequences for Boateng. After that, relatively unemployed. Consequently, he was allowed to rest from the beginning on the bench.