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Munich (dpa) - Hansi Flick toasted his farewell title at Bayern in his coaching cabin with CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and champagne.

The celebrations of the Munich master ensemble around the once again outstanding world footballer Robert Lewandowski could only run on the back burner after the intoxicating 6-0 (4-0) gala against Borussia Mönchengladbach in view of the strict Corona rules. The Allianz Arena was empty again on Saturday evening when the Bayern professionals in their red championship shirts with the “9” for the ninth championship title in a row danced wildly in a circle after the final whistle and with loud “Campeones” shouts on the lawn.

The Bayern professionals had already congratulated each other on the 31st championship before their own game.

In the locker room they had seen the Leipzig 2-3 defeat in Dortmund on TV.

But that did not slow down their ambition against defenseless Gladbachers, on the contrary: "We have demonstrated again that we are the real number 1 in Germany," said captain Manuel Neuer, euphoric.

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“The game was worthy of a master,” said Flick, who completed his work in Munich: “It was a great time. These two years were very valuable to me. " The 56-year-old described working with the team as a "pleasure". His third last game as Bayern coach was also a pleasure for him, in which Lewandowski came very close to Gerd Müller's 40-goal record from the Bundesliga season 1971/72 with his season hits 37, 38 and 39. "Stay calm" is his motto for the two remaining games, said the Pole.

"It doesn't help if you want it too badly," added Lewandowski.

Thomas Müller, Kingsley Coman and Leroy Sané also met.

Obviously, the permanent champions will not get bored.

"This feeling of winning, of being better than your opponent, that gives you the kick," said Müller, with now ten titles tied with David Alaba, German record champions.

The designated chief executive Oliver Kahn gave title number ten as a goal for the upcoming Bundesliga season, then with Flick's successor Julian Nagelsmann as coach.

"No team on this planet has ever succeeded in such a series," said Kahn - at least not in one of the major European football leagues.

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And flick? His future as a national coach is becoming more and more apparent, even if he says he is “open to many things”. Things are in a state of flux. DFB Vice President Rainer Koch reported in the ZDF sports studio about "good conversations". Flick raved about the “deep trust” in DFB director Oliver Bierhoff on Sky. And, according to CEO Rummenigge, FC Bayern has already agreed with the DFB on a “smart gesture” from the association if Flick succeeds Joachim Löw in the summer. There would probably be a lucrative game between Bayern and the national team.

In the feeling of happiness after winning the title, Flick didn't even want to rule out a return to Bayern - maybe at some point.

But now it's about something else.

"I want to continue to be a coach," said Flick.

It doesn't matter whether it's a club or national team: it just has to be a team “that is capable of winning titles”.

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