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While in the now officially established Zoff at FC Bayern between Hansi Flick and Hasan Salihamidzic, the particular coach had to take a position again and again, the sporting director publicly held back.
So a question arises: How does Salihamidzic really work? His former teammate Michael Ballack clears the SPORT1-Podcast “My week in Bavaria” in.
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“He was a teammate you could trust 100 percent,” said Ballack, who played with Salihamidzic at Bayern from 2002 to 2006. “You could wake him up at night and you knew exactly: he will go through thick and thin. bad with you, it will go everywhere and it will help you too. “
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Now he brings his gamer mentality to his role as sports director. “It developed there. Bayern gave him a great responsibility. That was certainly a surprise at the time, but he really positioned himself there and stayed,” explained Ballack.
The 44-year-old added: “Of course you have to extend your elbows in roles like this. And that’s what he does. There he tries to define his territory, that is, his area of work. And that does not always work in silence.” .
In recent months, the conflict between Flick and Salihamidzic had shaken more and more. There was not always agreement, especially on some personnel issues. A key point of the face-to-face conversation was also after SPORT1-Expandable communication information – with and about others.
Ballack: “Hansi Flick has the right to do it”
“It’s completely normal that there are always different opinions internally. That shouldn’t be overestimated,” Ballack said. Hansi Flick has the right to stick his finger in the wound too.
Especially with regard to the composition of the staff. “He will want additions here and there to remain competitive with the high demands of FC Bayern,” said Ballack. “If you are a Champion of the Champions League, you cannot get higher and then you have to do a lot of things well. We know from history that changes should take place or maybe new stimuli should be established for several regular players.”
At the same time, the former national player also touched on FC Bayern’s long-term planning. “As a result, Hasan will have represented his position there as well. I think everything is on a very respectful and professional level.”
“… so sometimes it’s a bit noisy too”
For Ballack, the high demands are also a factor in the conflict. “If you ask yourself constantly, sometimes he’s a little loud, a little robust,” concluded the former midfield strategist. “In the end, performance is always the indicator by which everyone should be measured.”
And that’s fine with Bayern professionals. In the Bundesliga, the winner of six tuples is on his way to the ninth consecutive championship and in the Champions League he managed to reach the quarterfinals against Lazio. Bavaria meets Paris Saint-Germain there. (Results and calendar of the Champions League)
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However, Joshua Kimmich noted Darling a: “At the end of the day, of course, it would be better if the success that is there stops and we don’t give the outside world internal fuel. I think this doesn’t really weigh us down as a team. there are disturbances outside. “
After Wednesday’s peace summit, Coach Flick refocused on the upcoming tasks.
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“We have spoken. So that has been forgotten. We have the most successful phase of FC Bayern. Brazzo and I are on the front line. We shook hands, we both want to look ahead and put things on the right track. Us. “We want to go further. That’s our job to lead this team there. Brazzo and I will do everything for us, “said Flick at the press conference on Friday before the game against VfB Stuttgart.
In any case, Ballack believes that the Zoff will not have any negative effect on Bayern’s sporting success: “The players are professionals and, above all, good enough to be able to handle them at this level.”
In the new “Meine Bayern-Woche” podcast, SPORT1 chief reporter Florian Plettenberg talks to SPORT1 host Jana Wosnitza about the week’s news and topics at FC Bayern and the German national team.. Every Friday from now on: In the premiere episode, “Plettigoal” interviews national player Robin Koch and Michael Ballack. The former national player says who would be a worthy successor to Hansi Flick at FC Bayern, shares his thoughts on the differences of opinion and the clarifying conversation between Flick and sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic and reveals how his former teammate “Brazzo” really ticks. The SPORT1 podcast “Meine Bayern-Woche” is open from today podcast.sport1.de, on the SPORT1 app and on popular streaming platforms Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Deezer, and Podigee.
