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On Monday evening, Hans-Dieter Flick had two problem areas to solve.

On the one hand it was necessary to analyze the strange 3: 3 (0: 2) at home against the newcomer Arminia Bielefeld, on the other hand there was still the fire that he had kindled about his emotional statements about the corona policy.

After the Bayern coach had praised the reaction of his team in the game, he took another stand on his skirmishes with Karl Lauterbach, who he attacked.

He offered the SPD health expert an interview.

Perhaps it would be good if he talked to Lauterbach "in private", "not on a talk show," said the 55-year-old coach.

On Sunday, Flick resisted criticism of the German record champions' trip to the Club World Cup in Qatar and the special role played by football in the corona pandemic, specifically criticizing Lauterbach as a "so-called expert".

"I'm not someone who wants to put someone he doesn't know in such a light," said Flick a day later.

He had advised the German politicians to finally develop a strategy so that the people in the Corona crisis would see “light in the tunnel again at some point”.

"Bad news"

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He “did not expect” that his statements would “make such waves” in public, said Flick: “The last day was extreme.” He also received some “bad news”.

Perhaps he answered a question "unusually emotionally", and not just as a trainer, but as a person who has two grandchildren himself and who has also been an entrepreneur in retail for a long time.

Flick ran a sports shop.

Karl Lauterbach (SPD)

Source: dpa

Corona is a great challenge and burden for the population.

“It gnaws at all of us, it makes us a little tired.

Many people are suffering from the pandemic.

We can only get out of this together, ”said Flick on Monday evening.

He also knows that professional football is privileged in the current situation.

But you also "very conscientiously" adhere to the guidelines.

He had reproached Lauterbach for commenting on everything.

The health politician had criticized the football clubs' trips abroad.

“It's slowly becoming impossible to hear the so-called experts, including Mr. Lauterbach,” Flick said.

The SPD politician responded promptly via Twitter and called on Flick to present his arguments and otherwise “not to be unfair”.

Flick admitted that he could have phrased one thing or the other differently.

“I stand by it,” said the coach.