Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Bayern, Bavaria's sleeping giant

Bayern Munich

The beautiful game has little memory and it places conditions upon the ball into the opponents' goal. A few months ago, the Allianz Arena in Munich living happy times thanks to the double achieved in league and cup and reached the final in the Champions League that mean she almost treble for Bayern. Today things have changed and the computer does not work, so much so that the club has officially confirmed that Van Gaal, that technical success was achieved above and under contract until June 2012, there continue to lead the team next season .

Yes it will until the end of season but surprise, because within the German company consider a coaching change would not be beneficial towards the big goal left: to qualify for the Champions. Rumenigge claims that the latest defeats have slowed dangerously options to achieve "the minimum goals" of the team as well as having "different conceptions of long-term strategy of the club."

The latest defeats have hurt the club in Germany. First at home against Borussia Dortmund, the Bundesliga leader, which squandered any semblance of a comeback after fighting for the title. Then against Schalke 04 in the cup semi-final that deprived them of their title defense and last against Hanover 96, which now occupies the coveted third place giving access to the Champions League qualifiers. The team is now fifth in the table to five points of Hannover. Only the Champions League with victory against Inter Milan in the knockout round first leg, is an oasis in the desert Teutonic.

Munich understand that the team needs a shock for the future, as the team roams the Bundesliga a disservice not only athletic performance, but the downturn mood of the workforce is evident. The players seem unmotivated and unable to return to the situation, and the result is a team without a soul far from the level of the past. A club, Bayern, where the demand is always high. What is all the big clubs but, while in other leagues discussed the supremacy of a club in Germany Bayern are always required to be accounted for. Of history, potential and resources.

Regarding staffing, there are several problems that beset the team this season. Some of the stars are, for various reasons, far from the level last year. Robben, star last year, continues its everlasting physical problems that have kept him throughout the first round out of play. Ribéry, once sought by every major, is but a shadow of the great player he was until a couple of campaigns. Olić, one of the biggest surprises of last season and a key to Van Gaal , was seriously injured in November. So, are Müller Schweinsteiger who throw the German tank, plus Mario Gomez and is that even the resurgence of German Spanish striker, currently top scorer in the league after a quiet first year, you'd better to fill Bayern higher positions.

And despite all that is in defense where the club suffers more Germanic. Disputes of Demichelis and Van Bommel, whose defensive work was vital, with the Dutchman ended Argentina in Malaga and Milan with the Dutch and the Belgian Van Buyten performance is much lower than last year. Thus, the central couple this year is different from last season. With the Brazilian Breno unfinished adapt, usually consists of Tymoschuk, Ukrainian veteran midfielder converted, and the irregular Badstuber, side last year. The goal of the youth is currently canterano Kraft, who is serving at the expense of veteran Butt.

The main objective is to gain a place in Champions as well as reaching as far as possible in Europe, where without compromise is aware of the difficulty of repeating final. Next year will start a new project and without Van Gaal. Nneeds to work out the Dutchman, who except for the national team has won wherever he has gone, including FC Barcelona, which was a difficult post Dream Team won two league titles, a Cup and a European Supercup. With Ajax built one of the best teams of the nineties and with the modest AZ Alkmaar lifted the league title. Although rarely credited, one of the best coaches of today.

Photo | William Brawley



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