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Hasan Salihamidzic had positioned himself in his thick coat directly at the player entrance.

In the snowstorm in Munich, the FC Bayern sports director applauded every professional who went from the stadium lawn to the cabin.

The relief was evident in everyone in the club that Sunday evening.

In the minutes before there was wild roar in the Munich arena.

SC Freiburg had in mind how the second division club Holstein Kiel had scored against Bayern in the last second in the DFB Cup during the week.

The Breisgauer tried everything, their bank motivated the team loudly to attack, and the hosts had to shiver to the end, not just because of the cold.

In the end they won 2: 1 (1: 0) with a lot of effort - and are first round champions.

Bayern ended their crisis with victory.

And because the rivals Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen messed up on the weekend, the German record champions are the winner of this match day.

Hansi Flick saw an arduous victory for his Bavarians in the snowstorm

Source: dpa / Sven Hoppe

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For the first time this season he is four points ahead of the runners-up, and for the first time in three years Bayern are first in the first half of the season.

For the 24th time they are at the top of the season half-time, and so far they have been champions 20 times.

So everything is well again with the ailing Munichers?

Not at all.

They are still not confident and secure.

"Not an easy phase"

"We haven't had an easy phase recently," said Flick about the past games.

Even against Freiburg, his team had no access to midfield at times, the compactness was sometimes not optimal.

He obviously didn't want to be too strict after the win.

“We want to play dominantly.

That includes a development.

There is no switch that you can flip overnight, ”emphasized the coach.

He sees his team on the right track.

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With three points against Freiburg, who lost again after five wins in a row, Flick reached the mark of one hundred points in his 40th Bundesliga game as Bayern coach - an average of 2.5 points per game, which is by far the best league -Balance according to Pep Guardiola.

All against one - Bayern's Thomas Müller prevails against three opponents

Source: AP / Lukas Barth-Tuttas

The 55-year-old recently asked for his players to be louder again on the field.

They were against Freiburg, Flick was satisfied with the communication within the team.

But the defense continues to worry everyone in the club.

It was the eleventh league game in a row that Bayern did not concede without a goal.

That last happened to them in the 2000/01 season.

Goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer has to wait for his 196th "to zero game" in the league.

He has already conceded 25 goals in the Bundesliga.

Already seven goals after headers

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Bayern are particularly susceptible to air duels: Against Freiburg, they conceded their seventh header;

there were last as many as eleven years ago.

At that time, it should be noted that it took the entire season for this sum to come about.

“A job win,” said central defender Jérôme Boateng, describing the success.

“In the end we shook a bit again.

But we are responsible for that again.

We can improve on the way we play.

It is clear that not everything will go by itself.

The important thing is that we fought and showed that we can do it.

We don't always have to shine.

We want to win games. "

Jerome Boateng delivered a solid game against Freiburg

Source: dpa / Sven Hoppe

Bayern had many shots on goal and a number of chances against SC, but missed an early decision in the game.

After the final whistle, Flick demanded that his team should be more determined in the end.

Robert Lewandowski scored the 1-0, it was his 21st goal of the season.

Nobody had scored that many after 16 match days;

the Pole set a new first round record.

Flick was also satisfied with Leroy Sané.

The offensive player played inconspicuously for long phases of the game, then prepared Thomas Müller's 2-1.

"He worked well against the ball and sprinted backwards," said Flick of Sané.

The next task awaits the champions on Wednesday, then he will play at FC Augsburg.

Serge Gnabry may then be able to play.

Flick had to replace the injured national player against Freiburg.

They do not expect any serious injury at the club.

"With Serge only the muscles closed, it came from the back," says Flick.