Football Bundesliga: Birthday victory: Bavaria’s “number 1” announcement of Leverkusen

Bavaria and Bosse sent the best Champions League greetings to Bayer Leverkusen after the statement victory for the club birthday. “It was important to show this energy and performance again. If we play like this, there are not many teams in Europe that can stop us,” said recent striker Harry Kane a good week before the spectacular German round of 16 in Europe’s football Royal class.

The 4-0 against Eintracht Frankfurt brought back the Mia-San-Mia confidence with the Munich team to the first assessment Joshua Kimmich, as at the push of a button. “We are in anticipation and want to show who is the first in Germany,” said CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen before important days when the glorious FC Bayern celebrates his 125th birthday on Thursday.

Bayern boss: That was a “clear announcement”

According to the overwhelming Leverkusener, 0-0 in the Bundesliga league game and the tremor in the Champions League playoffs against Celtic Glasgow, FC Bayern consolidated the top of the table with the convincing appearance. “That was at least a clear statement in the league. I am sure that the boys want to continue it that way,” Dreesen said after the Bayern signal, which is certainly also perceived in Leverkusen – against in phases naive Frankfurter.

The National Ko-summit in Europe’s elite league on Ash Wednesday in Munich and six days later in Leverkusen can make a significant decision on the evaluation of the premiere season of Bayern coach Vincent Kompany. Especially since the Bayern failed in the trophy on Leverkusen.

According to the Frankfurt Mutmacher, Kompany countered the criticism of the recent meager performances with his view of the coaching profession. “You always write about the last game, but we write the next game,” Kompany replied at the press conference. “If the performance is sometimes wrong, you have to get results and show mentality. We did that.”

Müller misses “basic trust”

In the refreshing appearance against the third in the table, both the playing style and the result were right among the Munich team. “Every game has the chance to show everyone again that you are number 1 – and today was one of the games in which you did,” said routinner Thomas Müller. Sometimes one or the other colleague sometimes lacks the “basic trust” – too Müller’s surprise. “We recovered the confidence minute by minute. I hope that we can carry it in the week.”

Then five days after the Bundesliga away game on Friday at VfB Stuttgart around the next stage on the targeted path to the final on May 31. The honorary president Uli Hoeneß is therefore made a little too much of vertebrae. “Uli just wanted to draw a look at the most important thing for us – and that was always the German championship,” said Dreesen.

“Crunchtime” in Kimmich question is closer

Through goals by Michael Olise, Hiroki Ito, Jamal Musiala and Serge Gnabry, the Munich took a big step back to the master power on the election Sunday. “This is exactly the reaction we wanted,” said sports director Max Eberl. At the fitness state of Kimmich, who, after his injury-related replacement against Eintracht for the first time this season, missed the game in the club this season, Eberl gave the first all-clear. The 51-year-old, on the other hand, announced no news when the contract question.

“We have moved into clear positions and now you have to see if you can get it into a contract. I can’t force a thing,” said Eberl. “We would like to see him one of the faces of FC Bayern in the future, but he has to decide.”

Müller and the final against the aliens

After the contract extensions of the precautionary, but not injured Musiala, Alphonso Davies (both 2030) and Manuel Neuer (until 2026), Eberl would also like to announce Kimmich’s signature before the “Crunchtime”. First of all, it is about Kimmich’s health, said President Herbert Hainer. “Everything else will develop like Davies and Musiala too.” So also signs Kimmich?

The future of Müller, whose contract expires at the end of the season, is also open. After the 4-0, the 35-year-old interview veteran amused a question about the quality comparison of the two top German top clubs. If only one last football game could save humanity from overpowering aliens, would Müller send Leverkusen or Bavaria into the race? “I would ask you, my answer is completely clear,” replied Müller on the reporter question, laughed, went – and turned again after a few steps. “I know my way around with aliens.”