Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have been the target of criticism from their alumni following a "team-building" weekend in Ibiza, organized just after their Saturday defeat at Mainz (3-1) .
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Already German champions for the 10th consecutive year, Bavarian players stayed on the Spanish island for two days, a trip to "
strengthen the collective
" described sports director Hasan Salihamidzic.
But this trip, organized just after the 3-1 defeat at Mainz last weekend in the league, did not please former midfielder and German legend Lothar Matthäus, according to whom this trip to this island known for its parties “
was not necessary
”.
“
Especially after a game like this,
” he added on Sky.
1990 world champion Matthäus blasted the players for "
going on holiday
" as Bavarian fans were unhappy with their side's encounter.
According to him, coach Julian Nagelsmann should have put his veto.
An opinion shared by former Bayern technician Felix Magath, who would "
not have authorized such a trip
".
"
I don't know how a team can say: for us, the season ends three weeks earlier
," asked the 68-year-old coach, now at the head of Hertha Berlin, 15th in the championship.
According to the German press, not all the players were present.
Manuel Neuer, Thomas Müller or even Kingsley Coman, Dayot Upamecano and Marcel Sabitzer were missing.