The disaster for FC Bayern

By Sigi Heinrich

The main thing is to play. Always. Any time, any day, any hour. Corona is elegantly played around with fine dribbling and super great hygiene concepts, some of which are of course just a farce. Don't spit or hug when celebrating a goal. Keep distance. Nobody does that anymore for a long time. It's like before. There are just no breaks. Recovery time that every competitive athlete urgently needs.

This golden measure, which secures the future for everyone, is casually overlooked in order not to endanger television income. To fulfill the contracts if no tickets can be sold. Ultimately, it is important that the horrendous salaries continue to be paid to employees on time, even during the pandemic. And what do the clubs need most? Gates. Gates.

Robert Lewandowski was the ultimate guarantee of this at FC Bayern Munich in recent years. This season he was well on his way to equaling Gerd Müller's all-time record of 40 goals. Over and over. It has been calculated that he might have five Bundesliga games left to score the five goals he is still missing. If his injury is cured by the end of this season. Goals instead of rest Robert Lewandowski suffered a sprained knee ligament in a game that Poland would probably have won without him. It was against the football dwarf Andorra. There would have been an opportunity to give him a break. But two factors prevented this. On the one hand, this is Lewandowski's unbridled and exemplary ambition, who always wants to play at any hour and minute. He even sees substitutions ten minutes before the end of a game as an insult. And on the other hand, Poland's national coach Paulo Sousa didn't want to take any risks against Andorra either. You never know. And Lewandowski is something like insurance in such cases. When he had to be substituted, Poland was leading by two goals. Shot by him, of course.

Thomas Müller (l.) and Co. will have to step into the breach for Robert Lewandowski in the future. © APA/afp / CHRISTOF STACHE

Robert Lewandowski's injury does not necessarily have to be related to the fact that the regeneration factor at FC Bayern and other clubs has recently been neglected. But it is also clear that rushing to meet deadlines puts a greater strain on physical resources than many people believe. In addition, there is additional travel stress that the Munich team had to accept, especially since they also wanted to play in the Club World Cup. It was the sixth title in a season. It is clear that there is now a threat of adversity, because FC Bayern has no equivalent replacement, which in the Lewandowski case cannot exist. In the most important phase, the goalscorer is out. There were enough warnings in advance that such a scenario could occur, but it is probably human nature to suppress this for as long as possible. It's gone quite well so far. New challenge for Hansi Flick It will now be exciting to see how the Munich team will master the new situation. Coach Hansi Flick is challenged again. The fact that he has so far been able to brilliantly solve all of FC Bayern's challenges since taking office should provide a certain amount of reassurance on Säbenerstrasse. Hansi will think of something. But it is also clear - and such are the laws of the wild - that the competition now senses increased opportunities. This is not reprehensible, but a normal reaction in sport. However, experience has shown that FC Bayern, who are now short on personnel, will be able to use the entire breadth of their squad to distribute heavily from behind the scenes. The first match after the international break against RB Leipzig will therefore be a groundbreaking one. For FC Bayern, yes for the rest of the season. It will be a key game. For all.

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