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Thomas Müller in the 1: 2 bankruptcy in Augsburg
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Julian Nagelsmann not only looked grumpy when he was sitting in the press room of the Augsburg Arena after the final whistle.
It was him too.
The FC Bayern coach complained about the many mistakes his team made, how easy they had made it for the opponent in the 1: 2 bankruptcy in the Bundesliga.
He talked about the unstable defense, it was a "construction site that we have to close."
"Today I'm really pissed off on my first day as a Bayern coach," said Nagelsmann at some point.
A few days ago the mood at Bayern was relaxed.
The first game after the international break with the relegation candidate Augsburg should be a solvable opening task before the really difficult weeks until Christmas.
Even before the kick-off, the excitement about the unvaccinated Joshua Kimmich caused a first setback.
The 26-year-old had contact with a corona-positive person in private and has to be quarantined for the second time within a short time for at least seven days.
Kimmich was out in Augsburg, and he will not be traveling to the Champions League game in Kiev on Tuesday.
The fact that those responsible at FC Bayern have had to deal more with questions about the players' vaccination status than with sporting questions for weeks hit the mood.
"The topic annoys everyone," Nagelsmann whispered on Thursday - and probably meant not only himself and his coaching staff, but also the players.
As an excuse for the 1: 2, Nagelsmann did not want to accept the hiccups about Kmmich.
"That would be too easy for me." But: "There are phases in life that are quieter," Nagelsmann said.
In any case, the Kimmich failure had an impact.
Marcel Sabitzer, who was allowed to start for him, was involved in both goals conceded.
In the 0: 1 through negligent duel against goal scorer Mads Pedersen (23rd minute), before the 0: 2 (36th) through a much too easy loss of the ball just before the center line.
"There is a lot more to Sabi than we can currently see," said coach Nagelsmann: "We're all happy when he can deliver top performance again." But the entire Bayern team was far from top performance.
“We always get the goals the same way,” Nagelsmann complained: “The opponent didn't have any brilliant moments and still scored two goals.
And if you don't make five, you lose. "
Nagelsmann alluded to the furious 5-2 victories at Union Berlin and against Benfica.
Thanks to the accurate offensive, it was possible to cover up the deficiencies of the defense at that time.
You could see coach and players later that this third competitive defeat hurt.
The 1: 2 at home against Eintracht Frankfurt on matchday seven was considered a slip-up, the epoch-making 0: 5 in the DFB Cup in Gladbach was more in the direction of total failure, a one-off?
The game in Augsburg now seems to show that Bayern have recurring problems.
Is the 2G rule coming in football?
Thomas Müller spoke of a “bitter setback for our self-image as we play the games.
In every game we need confirmation that we are dictating and dominating our opponents. «This is how the Munich ego got its first deeper scratches this season.
How often FC Bayern will be able to use Joshua Kimmich and the other unvaccinated players in the squad in the coming weeks and months is uncertain.
Hasan Salihamidžić said again on Friday that nobody could be forced to vaccinate.
The sports director looked as if he was longing for a word of power from politics, since Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder had pleaded for a categorical 2G rule in professional football: "We will do it as you decide," said Salihamidžić.
Then everyone would have to be pissed off.
Whether the mandatory vaccination in the Bundesliga can even be enforced under labor law is controversial.
After the game on Tuesday in Kiev, the home game against Bielefeld is due next Saturday.
Champions League opponents Kiev are bottom of the table in the Munich group, Bielefeld is currently penultimate in the Bundesliga.
Both should be hurdles that are easier to take where you can regain confidence.
But FC Augsburg was also considered to be such a task.
By December 4th, in two weeks at the latest, Bayern should have made progress with their defense.
Then the top game at Borussia Dortmund is waiting.
And then - if everything goes well - Joshua Kimmich should be there again.
The people of Munich need him.
The game in Augsburg already brought this certainty.