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Wednesday 04 November 2020
FC Bayern are extending their impressive Champions League winning streak and sending a clear signal ahead of the Bundesliga summit at Borussia Dortmund, but the uproar over head of defense David Alaba also overshadows the spectacular victory. 6-2 in Salzburg.
“I used to enjoy reading the stories about FC Hollywood,” said Thomas Müller with a smile. It’s nice “that something moves with us and when it crackles.” And Bayern Munich are laughing uproariously ahead of the long-awaited league summit at Borussia Dortmund: discussions over David Alaba also caused a stir over the impressive 6: 2 (2: 1) of the triple winner at Red Bull Salzburg.
Coach Hansi Flick is extremely upset about the riots at the wrong time. “I won’t say anything more about it. It’s important to me that we have peace. We have a difficult match in Dortmund on Saturday,” emphasized Flick on Sky with a grim expression. As always, now you will prepare for Saturday’s classic at BVB, “Everything else is no problem, you can ask me five more questions, I will always say the same.”
But Flick might or might not say what he wanted: the outspoken future of his chief defender overshadowed the greedy Bayern’s record winning streak in the Champions League. Especially since after president Herbert Hainer, sports director Hasan Salihamidzic was quick to overtake and said goodbye to Alaba in the summer that was inevitable. “They say: never say never. But now I don’t know how we should come together,” said Salihamidzic ahead of the 14th consecutive victory of the record champions in the premier class.
“It is not an easy situation” for Alaba
Bayern withdrew another offer on Sunday through Hainer. Alaba must “now make a decision for himself,” said CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, now Sport Bild. A farewell to the Austrian would, of course, hit Munich hard: If a player like Alaba could leave the club next summer after the contract expires, it would be “the worst case scenario,” Salihamidzic added.
He had already made clear what Flick thinks about the behavior of the bosses before the Salzburg game. He was “anything but happy that we have to deal with this issue in a week with two such difficult games,” he said. Especially since the team is also talking about that. Of course, this is “a problem,” Jerome Boateng admitted, but at least “not as big as it is made.” For Alaba “it is not an easy situation.” The good news is that “David is his man on the field and he cannot be swayed,” Müller said. Flick was also “very satisfied” with Alaba.
Overall, Bayern, who can already plan the round of 16, were not impressed by all the background noises around Alaba or Niklas Süle, who tested positive for Corona. Even the quick deficit and interim equalization of the cheeky Salzburgers rocked the record champions in a brilliant final sprint like a champion, despite some defensive wobbles.
Scorer Robert Lewandowski (21st / penalty and 83rd), Boateng (79th), Leroy Sane (83rd) and Lucas Hernández (90th + 2) all scored for the icy Munich team. In addition, there was an own goal by Rasmus Kristensen (44th). No top class team had scored four goals in the last quarter hour. Flick was only half enthusiastic: “It was an excellent game for the neutral spectator, but not so good for the coach.” But I didn’t want to dwell on that for long, BVB is waiting. To be prepared for the cracker in the face of heavy loads, Flick released his pros after returning home from Salzburg at around 2 am The team must “recover. Starting Thursday we will prepare for Dortmund.” Preferably without further ado about Alaba.
