Bayern: Diseased and dissatisfied

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Lucas Hernández had left the stadium on crutches a few minutes earlier, while Hasan Salihamidzic was talking about Bayern's modest performance at Olympiacos Piraeus (3-2), when a Greek ambulance came to a stop just before the sporting director. The passenger got out, he seemed to be looking for more patients. A macabre, but also fitting side note to FC Bayern these days.

Poor diagnoses of sports management overlap among the people of Munich with medical emergencies.

Actually, it's going great in the Champions League. After the 3-2 victory at Olympiacos Piraeus coach Niko Kovac said with a certain pride in the voice that they are "almost with one leg in the second round". With five points ahead of three remaining preliminary games, it may even be quite a big one.

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But because the Greek record champions almost before the end almost 3: 3 scored, because the Bayern are now playing mediocre mediocre and lack sovereignty and killer instinct, self-criticism this time was more apparent than about after 2-2 at FC Augsburg on the weekend , Sports director Salihamidzic said: "Everything has got to get better, we have better defend, we have better run the ball." He found the current situation with the word "unsatisfactory" despite the perfect point yield in group B.

Rummenigge is alarmed

CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is currently not talking to the media, which in itself leaves so much room for interpretation, as currently grant the players on the court to their opponents. Because the 64-year-old but traditionally holds banquets on foreign trips, he could no longer avoid the subject: "We play too careless, which will eventually lead to problems." He does not believe that the performance shown in Athens "will bring us great results this year".

The biggest problem and problem child is the defense, even if she is not alone in the many condemnations. But she is extremely counter-sensitive and indeed often careless. So fell on Tuesday evening, the 2: 3 by the Brazilian Guilherme extremely unhappy, because Thiago deflected the ball with the arm unsustainable for Manuel Neuer (79.) - the opposing midfielder had in his shot but also a lot of space.

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Lucas Hernández (center) injured in the game against Piraeus and will probably fail for weeks

The goals also fall regardless of the cast. It does not matter if the much-discussed Javi Martinéz plays in front of the defense, who sat on the bench two weeks ago weeping. It even does not seem to matter whether Niklas Süle (cruciate ligament rupture) is a stabilizer or not: two goals conceded in October. Hernández had not played well as a central defender until he had to be replaced injured in the 59th minute. A ligament tear is suspected in the ankle joint. According to Salihamidzic, Hernández "will surely miss a few weeks". He criticized in this context once again the French Federation (FFF). This had used Hernández in the past week against Turkey against the will of Bayern. "I did not like that, it annoys me," Salihamidzic said.

When Jérôme Boateng came into play for Hernández, things did not get any better. In addition, because Martinéz was replaced due to injury (he pulled a thigh injury), now are hardly central defenders available. In view of the English weeks, coach Kovac may soon be forced to take a step he has hitherto happily avoided: he could bet on players from the U23, at least temporarily relieving Boateng and Benjamin Pavard. This concerns above all the 19-year-old center-back Lars Lukas Mai. With him, Salihamidzic has just renewed the contract until 2022.

Müller wants to end the discussions

But there are more construction sites. Thomas Müller, after six games once again in the starting eleven, was later adjusted to the general mood quite narrow lipstick. "I'm not the one who does the big analysis right now," he said, and the discussion about his person might, in his opinion, "come to an end too." So there was not much to say for him. He had at least prepared the two goals of the well-functioning Robert Lewandowski. Which, however, did not use those responsible as a model to praise Müller's performance.

Captain Neuer sees the problem of Bayern with too many lost balls on offense, because the game is too slow. In his analysis, he became downright philosophical: "The ball that moves on quickly to the next - that must fill one with luck." And: "The passport must have a message, you can not just play a pass to play a pass." New looks more like his front men in the duty than the coach.

Kovac, on the other hand, had to admit that there was something like dominance "not there at the moment" in the game of his team. Why that is so, he could not say that.

Olympiacos Piraeus - Bayern Munich 2: 3 (1: 1)
1: 0 El Arabi (23)
1: 1 Lewandowski (34.)
1: 2 Lewandowski (62nd)
1: 3 Tolisso (75th)
2: 3 Guilherme (79.)
Piraeus: José Sa - Elabdellaoui, Rúben Semedo, Meriah, Tsimikas - Guilherme - Podence, Bouchalakis (69th Lovera), Camara (88th Randjelovic), Masouras (79th Guerrero) - El-Arabi
Munich: New - Kimmich, Pavard, Hernández (59th Boateng), Alaba - Martínez (46th Tolisso) - Müller (86th Perisic), Thiago, Coutinho, Gnabry - Lewandowski
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Yellow cards: Rúben Semedo, El-Arabi / Thiago, Neuer
Spectators: 30,000