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The FC Bayern players stood on the lawn of the empty Munich stadium and watched their own championship on their mobile phones.

When Borussia Dortmund's 3: 2 (1: 0) against RB Leipzig was whistled, Munich was the German champions.

Cheers did not really break out among the professionals during the preparation for the game against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

The national title in this club has become too much a matter of form.

The circumstances were too conservative.

It was the ninth championship in a row, the 31st in the club's history.

And the first sentence of the coach in the interview before kick-off revealed a lot about the emotional state of the record champions in view of the expected triumph.

When the Sky reporter had conveyed the congratulations, Hans-Dieter Flick says: "Of course everyone was also a bit happy, that's clear."

“It was a pleasure,” says Flick

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A little joy - in view of the country's own national dominance, there was hardly more to it.

Especially since Bayern were only champions this time.

They are eliminated from the Cup and Champions League.

Added to this were the internal quarrels that culminated in Flick's decision to leave the club at the end of the season.

And so he gave a kind of farewell speech that day.

Freshly baked master: Hans-Dieter Flick before the game against Mönchengladbach

Source: dpa / Peter Kneffel

"As a coaching team, we are very proud of this team," said Flick.

It was a pleasure to work with these players: "Over the past year and a half we have shown what class and team spirit we have, what atmosphere there is in the team."

He didn't want to comment on the dispute with sports director Hasan Salihamidzic, everything had been said.

In addition, the future of Bayern's coaching post is now clear, Julian Nagelsmann from Leipzig will take over the team next season.

"You made a very good choice," said Flick.

Kahn also thinks Flick is a national coach

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And what will Flick do?

National coach?

He still did not want to get involved in the subject, so his superior did.

Board member Oliver Kahn ("The atmosphere was great, but with the experience of some championships the jubilation is of course a bit more sedate") said on the question of whether Flick is switching to the DFB: "I can very well imagine that he will accept this challenge. "

Apparently, Bayern are already negotiating a friendly against the national team for financial compensation in favor of Munich.

One discusses that, said Kahn, who then immediately looked into the new season.

Bayern have now won nine titles in a row, only Juventus Turin had achieved this in Italy so far.

Kahn's goal is now the record: “Now we can do something that no team on the planet has done before.

We're hot for that. "

If this succeeds, Bayern will definitely have reason to be a little happy again in a year's time.