Thomas Müller already had a premonition after the well done afternoon work of the 100-goal Bayern, which promptly came true. “We also wanted to pass the pressure on to Dortmund,” said the Munich spokesman, almost clairvoyantly. According to coach Julian Nagelsmann, Bayern's 2-1 (1-0) 2-1 (1-0) game against FC Bayern's undefeated challenger SC Freiburg, who was undefeated until Saturday, was just three hours old, when it came true in about 400 kilometers away Leipziger Stadion Müller's "hope that Dortmund will drop points and that we can work out a small lead in the table". There are four points on BVB, six on Freiburg. “There is nothing more beautiful,” enthused Müller.
The 11th matchday should have robbed all non-Bayern fans of the illusion that the championship trophy in 2022 will not be presented to Müller and Co. for the tenth time in a row. Goalscorer Leon Goretzka expressed the self-image of the series champions as follows: “That was a top game. We are there to win these games. ”Before that there was a 4-1 win in Leipzig and a 5-1 win in Leverkusen. "We play excellent football", praised club patron Uli Hoeneß on Sky: "We'll forget the game against Gladbach." The record winner said goodbye to the DFB Cup with a 0: 5.
Midfield painter Goretzka (30th minute) and world footballer Robert Lewandowski (75th) with goal number 13 of the season and the national goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who was very strong at the end, put the 75,000 spectators in the Allianz Arena, which was full for the first time since March 8, 2020, in a festive mood . Janik Haberer's connection goal in stoppage time came too late for a Freiburg draw comeback. The Bayern stars jumped happily in front of the fan curve. "Scoring a goal in front of a full house is fun and brings back a bit of the magic that we were missing," said Goretzka in the middle of the fourth Corona wave. It was not easy for Bayern to win against the best defense in the league. National player Goretzka gave a simple reason for this: "We played against a good team."
Christian Streich had to surrender to the offensive force of the record champion in his 300th league game as a coach with his defensive SC collective. “We can't do more than we've done. We were brave, we died, ran a lot, played soccer, ”said the 56-year-old. Bayern's shooters have now scored 100 goals in the 2021 calendar year. The Bundesliga record is still held by 1. FC Köln with 101 goals in 1977. But it will fall if there are six more match days until Christmas. “The team plays really well in the offensive. She is hungry and keeps on going, even if she has scored two, three or four goals, ”enthused sports director Hasan Salihamidzic.
Nagelsmann puts and straightens his team up and out even more offensively than seven-title predecessor Hansi Flick. Streich called this approach logical. “When you have a team with this line-up, you naturally play offensively. I don't see any alternative for Bayern Munich to play offensively, ”said the football teacher in the arena press room. His Sitzbar Nagelsmann (34) listened attentively to the flattering statements of the oldest coach in the league. “I'm not very familiar with such world class players. I've never coached people like that, "flirted Streich:" But the point is that you get them to do anything against the ball. Since Julian succeeds, Bayern Munich is a world class team. ”Period!
And the sports club?
Is on the move to Europe, even if Streich growled: “I deal with prognoses and all the talk of the Champions League and that sort of thing in no time at all.
The important thing is that I keep that away from the team. "He asked the reporters to just let him do it:" Take care of Bayern, Dortmund and the others - and leave my boys alone. "