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The positives in advance:
Bayern’s 3-1 victory at VfB Stuttgart was already the 47th win in their 52nd competitive match with Flick. Munich have won 35 of the last 37 games.
After nine days of Bundesliga matches, Bayern have already scored 31 goals, setting Eintracht Frankfurt’s Bundesliga record for the 1974/75 season.
Additionally, five wild-card goals scored are league leaders. You are well on your way in all competitions.
However: in Munich not all that glitters is gold!
Defensive wobbles!
Three times in a row the Flick-Elf lost 1-0 in the Bundesliga. He has already conceded 13 goals this season. That was the last time he was with Jürgen Klinsmann in the 2008/09 season (15).
Manuel Neuer had to concede at least one goal in the last seven official matches, but away from home he still hasn’t conceded a goal this Bundesliga season.
“We are currently working hard to win and we are not currently receiving a beauty award,” concluded Flick. SPORT1-The expert Stefan Effenberg sees it in a similar way. “It will be difficult when they are 1-0 down,” he told me. CHECK24 double pass. “In a game like Stuttgart, you have to work very hard. Bayern already have problems. They have lost this dominance.”
The main reason for Munich’s difficulties: frequent rotation due to exercise control and injuries. Also, players like Benjamin Pavard, David Alaba and Niklas Süle are not in top form. Newcomers like Leroy Sané don’t work defense as hard as Flick would like.
In the end, Stuttgart even had 14:13 shots on target and a 51 percent duel rate.
Leon Goretzka demands: “We have to behave better with the ball again. Have more control over the game and make fewer bad passes. Then it becomes less physically demanding.”
Thomas Müller: “Of course it worries us. We would like to go back to the summer phase where we conceded some goals.”
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Over and over injury worries!
In Stuttgart, three players had to be replaced due to injuries: Lucas Hernández (collision with the wing), Jérôme Boateng (indicates back problems) and Corentin Tolisso, who, according to Flick, suffered “a muscle injury”.
Substitute Javi Martínez escaped from his own penalty area in injury time and immediately grabbed onto his right adductor muscles.
On Sunday, Munich gave the go-ahead. Hernández, Boateng and Martínez are set for the Champions League appearance at Atlético de Madrid on Tuesday, Tolisso will not be absent for long.
Bouna Sarr (muscular problems), Alphonso Davies (training after a torn ligament in his right ankle) and the long-term injured Joshua Kimmich (meniscus operation) are not in shape yet.
Tanguy Nianzou has not registered for the first half of the Champions League after his injury. Effenberg predicts that Munich will have even bigger problems in spring due to the high level of stress: “Then Bayern will have even more failures.”
Even with the opponent, Bayern’s injuries are a problem. Gonzalo Castro, captain of Stuttgart: “You can see that Bayern is battered and already has the gums.”
Flick clearly: “It’s a huge burden. In the end, the individual player is the victim.” The successful coach is not a fan of constant rotation and change. He prefers a well-rehearsed team, which helped him triple last season.
Bayern have rarely been able to shine in a playful way, but they are ruthlessly effective. Many players can see the strong tension of the last few months. Leon Goretzka honestly: “I’m tired.”
“We have a phase where not everything is possible at the moment with a snap of the fingers. We have to push our limits. But so far it looks good, we are on top everywhere,” said Thomas Müller.
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Neuer and Lewandowski dependency!
Manuel Neuer did not look well at 0-1 in Stuttgart and was lucky to have Tanguy Coulibaly lightly tugged at his arm before the 2-1 promotion. But otherwise, Neuer thwarted other great opportunities for Stuttgart. In any case, the Bayern captain has been on the defensive for weeks with life insurance.
“Without Neuer, Bayern would not be in first place”, emphasizes Effenberg. “The new one keeps Bayern alive. Even last season against PSG in the final. He is the guarantee.”
Like Robert Lewandowski on offense. On Saturday, the Pole scored his 15th goal in the 14th competitive match. Not to imagine, one of the two would have to fit together for a long time.
So much the better that players like Kingsley Coman and Leon Goretzka are taking on more and more responsibilities on the field.
In any case, Flick doesn’t want to let the current adversity get him down. “I have to congratulate the team,” he said proudly: “They really want to win the games.”
