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Doha (AP) - Hansi Flick doesn't just want to return home with a little tan from the warm desert state of Qatar in the frosty German winter.
No, the 55-year-old is pursuing a very special final plan with FC Bayern at the Club World Cup on February 11 (7:00 p.m. / DAZN / Bild Live) against outsider Tigres UANL, a historic one.
With the sixth title in one season, Flick could complete his grandiose Bayern work at the tournament postponed due to the corona pandemic - and that in just 16 months as head coach.
The Munich stars know what their ambitious boss wants.
Successful completion of mission 6th title.
"Hansi told us: When we're already here, we have to accelerate and play to 100 percent," revealed goal scorer Robert Lewandowski before the last assignment.
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The title of club world champion is by no means the most glorious in world football.
But a special constellation makes him so valuable for the Bayern generation around world footballer Lewandowski and world goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
Six titles in one season, that is another unique selling point of FC Barcelona, who managed this feat in 2009 with coach Pep Guardiola and world star Lionel Messi.
"The sixth title would also be a very special success in the successful history of FC Bayern," Flick announced in Qatar.
It would also be his personal culmination - as a coach he would then be on a par with star coach Guardiola, who chased the Champions League triumph in Munich from 2013 to 2016 in vain.
As a coach, Flick beckons a unique double: In addition to the world championship title with the German national team - as Joachim Löw's assistant - the title of club world champion would now come.
It would be a terrific achievement.
Especially when you remember before the final in the Education City Stadium that Flick's work in Munich began almost unnoticed a year and a half ago as a helper for Niko Kovac.
He replaced this in November 2019.
What followed is known!
Flick first led Bayern to a triple, then to two Supercup titles and is now in the 68th competitive game as head coach before rounding off the overall work.
"Now we have this chance, which we really wanted to work for," said attacker Thomas Müller after the sovereign 2-0 semi-final victory against Al Ahly from Egypt.
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"Developing success is a constant process," is Flick's credo.
The next goal is always the most important for him in his day-to-day football.
In view of the stresses and strains of the tight schedule, he prescribed a lot of regeneration for his permanent performers in the 70 hours between the two games in Qatar.
At the hotel pool, Lewandowski and Co. were allowed to relax and unwind on the sun lounger or while swimming.
“Gathering strength is the order of the day so that we can reach one hundred percent in the final,” said Flick.
He takes the final opponent Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León absolutely seriously.
Flick doesn't want to experience a nasty surprise against the champion of North and Central America and the Caribbean.
The team from Mexico is very athletic and plays with a lot of dynamism and intensity, said Flick of the Tigres.
The underdog had defeated Copa Libertadores winners Palmeiras São Paulo 1-0 in the semifinals.
Before that, Asia's Champions League winners Ulsan Hyundai SC were defeated 2-1.
All three goals were scored by the old French star André-Pierre Gignac (35), who used to storm for Olympique Marseille.
Carlos Salcedo is likely to awaken bad memories in several Bayern stars.
The central defender was in the team of Eintracht Frankfurt in 2018, which triumphed 3-1 in the DFB Cup final against Bayern.
That is enough as a warning.
"I know how hard we worked to be in the position where we are," said Lewandowski in Doha.
The striker, who scored twice against Al Ahly, craves like Flick for the coronation.
“When you know that only one team has made six titles, you know that you can make football history.
It's a challenge for us, ”said the Pole.
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Expected lineups:
FC Bayern Munich: Neuer - Pavard, Süle, Alaba, Davies - Kimmich, Roca - Gnabry, Müller, Coman - Lewandowski
Tigres UANL: Guzman - Rodriguez, Reyes, Salcedo, Duenas - Aquino, Rafael Carioca, Pizarro, Quinones - Gonzalez, Gignac
Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)
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