Bundesliga: Musiala brings the “extra”: Bayern collect system arguments

In the hotly debated system debate, Bayern star Konrad Laimer has a clear opinion. When asked what still needs to change so that coach Vincent Kompany’s high-risk approach works against the best opponents, the 27-year-old said: “Actually nothing.”

Laimer said this under the impression of the 5-0 win against Bundesliga bottom team Bochum, which pushed the Barça crash of the previous week into the background. The sweeping victory inspired the Bavarian Mia-San-Mia, but it was not a real test with a view to the intended cracking duels against the heavyweights of European football for Champions League honors.

Musiala: Take “rhythm and flow” with you

Bayern know that. Self-understanding, trust in your own approach, still brings success. They now want to “take rhythm and flow into the next games,” said national player Jamal Musiala. After the sensational 1:4 at FC Barcelona, ​​the motto is now: take a step forward every game. “That when the important games come in the second half of the season, we will be at the best level,” explained Musiala.

Teammate Laimer is “completely sure” that with the Munich style of play – the high, man-oriented pressing without additional protection – he can be very successful even in “crunch time” and in “the really big games”. “If we continue like we’ve been doing this season, I’m sure it will be a very, very good one.”

Last season as a warning in the DFB Cup

So that it can become that and the title treble remains possible, nothing can go wrong in the DFB Cup in Mainz on Wednesday. “We saw again last year how quickly you can be out of the cup. That’s no fun,” said Laimer, referring to the embarrassing second-round exit at 1. FC Saarbrücken. The versatile defensive player is already thinking about the cup final in Berlin: “We definitely want to go there this year.”

Musiala, who excelled in Bochum, should help. “Every time Jamal is in the team, we have something extra,” Kompany praised his exceptional talent, who had recently been injured. The Belgian said the 21-year-old had “a very complete game” – in which Musiala also had a surprise in store for the coach.

Musiala should become the “face” of FC Bayern

“I don’t know if I expected that,” Kompany said of the turbo dribbler’s rare header goal and smiled. The goal also put Musiala himself in a good mood. “I always think headed goals are cool,” he said on DAZN and added: “I’m not that strong with my head. I have to do more header swing.”

Max Eberl probably wouldn’t have anything against that either. The sports director was surprised that the “not so little” Musiala had not scored more header goals so far. The goal in the Ruhrstadion was his third header in 37 Bundesliga goals in total. Of course, Musiala has his exceptional class elsewhere. In the ball handling, in the overview of the game, in the danger of scoring with the foot.

“The fact that Jamal is an exceptional player is also the reason why we want to extend his contract and make him a bit of the face of FC Bayern,” said Eberl. Musiala is supposed to shape an era. And the Bayern bosses certainly wouldn’t mind if the same thing happened with Kompany football.