Much is new these days with the women of FC Bayern Munich.

That they have already accumulated three competitive game defeats in November, for example.

Or that in November stress control is already a big issue for the players.

The reform of the Champions League has given the women's teams significantly more money and a group stage with six match days.

With the Bundesliga, DFB Cup and international matches, this results in a tight program until Christmas.

The Munich national player Linda Dallmann does not want to complain about it. They wanted a more visible and high-class Champions League, she says. And so there was already a constellation for the champions in November with three absolute top games within eight days. The two group games against the top team Olympique Lyon frame the Bundesliga summit duel against VfL Wolfsburg. What makes things ticklish for the ambitious and success-spoiled Munich women before the home game against the French this Wednesday (9 p.m. in the livestream on YouTube from DAZN): The match in Lyon (1: 2) like the league game at home against Wolfsburg (0: 1 ) went lost.

If there was another defeat against Lyon, this year's Bayern campaign would already be damaged.

Then the ensemble, equipped with the aim of winning titles, would have lost every match against teams on an equal footing.

In the league against Wolfsburg and the up-and-coming Frankfurter Eintracht and on the European stage against group opponents Lyon, the Champions League winner from 2016 to 2020.

Offensive harmless Bavaria

FCB head coach Jens Scheuer, however, does not see a dent in November as an impairment for the goals in May.

He said on Tuesday afternoon that he assumed that the team would then be able to "adorn themselves with at least one title".

And that if she goes into series with the performances from the second half in Lyon and the match against Wolfsburg, said Scheuer.

From a neutral point of view, there was not much encouraging to filter out of the defeat in Lyon despite an early lead, Bayern were too offensive and harmless. Things looked different in the league against Wolfsburg, when FCB were clearly the better team, created many first-class chances and failed in rows against the brilliant VfL goalkeeper Almuth Schult.

"Regardless of the brutal result, this was a big, important step in the direction of how we want to play football," says Scheuer. In the eyes of the coach, the desired identity was clearly evident. “We want to be a team that plays offensively, that starts up high and has more chances to score than the opposition. That will be rewarded over the course of a season. ”It is clear that Bayern have the best chances of defending the championship title with their exquisite squad in the Bundesliga, which is currently at the top. Only in the Champions League should things go high after the investments made in the summer.

It is not for nothing that Bayern have reversed the Bundesliga trend of migrating top players and, among other things, brought the Japanese central defender Saki Kumagai from Lyon. Against the French series champion until last season, the Munich women want to set a powerful example in their own ambitious cause in their own stadium.

The most recent defeats "did not weaken our motivation in the beginning, but rather gave us a boost," says Giulia Gwinn.

After a one-year break due to a serious knee injury, the national player has returned to the rhythm of the game.

The national player Carolin Simon recently had to sit out due to an injury, Marina Hegering will be back in the squad for the first time after a long break.

"We are individually not in the best shape," says coach Scheuer.

“But we're shaking that off our clothes right now.

The trough has bottomed out, the curve is pointing upwards. "