Can RB Leipzig really spit in the soup of Bayern in the title race?
An ex-Munich resident definitely trusts the upstart.
He puts his finger in a wound in Munich.
Munich - she lives again.
The hope of all football fans whose hearts do not beat FC Bayern *.
To an exciting title fight until the last whistle of the season, if possible.
But the image of a challenger like RB Leipzig *, who stands up to the record champions and which will be maintained for another two and a half months, can be deceptive.
Last season, the two clubs separated only three points before the last ten match days.
In the end, it was 16, with Borussia Dortmund, the supposedly biggest rival of the Munich team, slipping in and running 13 points behind the champion.
So also with more than a respectful distance.
FC Bayern in the title race: Helmer praises Leipzig's "very balanced squad"
So why should it be any different this time?
This time the Saxons turn into the home straight in the slipstream of the Reds or even push their noses forward again?
After all, since 2012/2013 it has been the case year after year that the Bavarians grab the big points, have more stamina and at the earliest slacken when the bowl allocation and the master sausage are fixed.
Thomas Helmer, who played 244 competitive games for the Liga Croesus between 1992 and 1999, can well imagine that the tide will turn in the title race with the “Red Bulls” this year.
In an interview with
sport.de
, the 55-year-old praised the persecutor for his personnel policy: “RB has a very balanced squad.
I would even go so far that Bayern are even weaker than Leipzig in terms of the squad *. "
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FC Bayern in the title race: Munich have been the measure of all things in the Bundesliga for decades
Hear hear!
The people of Munich haven't had to be accused of that for a long time.
Because they have been the measure of all things in the Bundesliga for decades.
Only if FC Bayern does not reach its top level over several match days will the competition even have the benefit of being able to seriously consider a championship.
The Helmer sentence has the potential to be perceived as an affront on Säbener Straße *.
As a result, he could spur the team of coach Hansi Flick * on.
Especially if he should be pulled out again before the direct duel on April 3rd in Leipzig.
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Wouldn't commit to successfully defending FC Bayern's title yet: Thomas Helmer, here with his wife Yasmina Filali, is impressed by RB Leipzig.
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FC Bayern in the title race: Helmer singles out Lewandowski's quartet
The 1996 European champion also found words of praise for his ex-club - at least for some Bayern stars: “As long as Robert Lewandowski, Manuel Neuer and Joshua Kimmich are playing, you get the feeling that nothing can really happen to Bayern.
Not to forget Thomas Müller, who after a two-week Corona break * is picking up where he left off.
That is fascinating. "
Helmer is far less convinced of many of the additions: "All in all, FC Bayern has a maximum of 15 absolute top players who can also be used in various positions." Before the season, the squad had been filled "more quantitatively than qualitatively".
Helmer explicitly criticizes: "Among other things, we did not succeed in filling the right-back position in such a way that Kimmich no longer has to play there."
The people of Leipzig are much more broadly positioned.
“After the supposedly first eleven, Julian Nagelsmann's team also has eleven others.
A lot fits together.
The team has young, fast and flexible players, ”says Helmer.
Like Dayot Upamecano *, who is known to change sides in summer *.
If Helmer has his way, the Frenchman could well serve as the title holder in Munich.
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