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FC Bayern Munich will face SC Freiburg on matchday 24 of the Bundesliga.
We summarize the interviews surrounding the game.
Freiburg – The 24th matchday of the Bundesliga starts with a treat: FC Bayern Munich is a guest at SC Freiburg (here in the live ticker).
What do the protagonists have to say?
We summarize the voices surrounding the game here.
Max Eberl (FC Bayern's new sports director) before the game on DAZN about ...
... his first day at work as Bayern's sports director:
“I had a bit of breakfast this morning and then got on the plane.
There wasn’t much to think about.”
... the question of how he currently sees FC Bayern:
“Just as I said at the PK, that is the starting position we now have.
We are eight points behind Leverkusen.
It is a decision that has been made.
And now it's about making the last few months as best as possible.
Because we have a season.
We know what is possible in football.
That's what we're on the pitch for and that's why the team will give everything today to hopefully only be five points behind tonight and put the opponent under pressure.
And then see what else is possible.”
... possible extensions or departures:
“I pay attention to what every Bayern Munich employee does, what we do in order to have the greatest possible success.
That means we all have to give our best performance.
And that's what I want to feel.
To be fair, I have to say this: I already felt on this first day that there was a high level of concentration and a high level of will to win this game.
And that's what I'm looking at.
And that's what we need too.
And that's what I have to bring in these months, to support the boys, to give my energy, a positive feeling and then maybe in the summer to stand there with something in my hand.
... Kimmich's role as right-back:
“I think it's about us winning games.
I think every player has to put their own efforts aside to a certain extent.
Jo is a great player.
He would prefer to play in all positions.
At the moment we need him in the right-back position, where he basically grew up and where he played outstandingly.
He can play both positions, whether it is in midfield or as a right-back.
But in the end it's about Bayern Munich.
And I know he will give everything to win the game today.”
... a possible Kimmich extension:
“I had my first day at work today.
Christoph
(friend, editor's note)
has already had a few conversations with him.
I too will sit down with him and talk to him.
Of course the question will come, who is actually the coach in the new season?
This is the issue that, in the best case scenario, we solve first.
And then the other decisions, which are of course being prepared here, are clear.”
the question of whether he influences the line-up with Thomas Tuchel:
“First of all, Thomas Tuchel is the coach and Max Eberl will never, he doesn't dare, talk into the team line-up.
He hasn't with any coach he's ever had.
And I've had a few trainers.
It would be bad if two people who want to achieve something in football didn't talk about football.
But actually there is a clear separation.
And that is the most basic thing between sports director, sports director, whatever that means, and coach.
This is clear hostility to the task.
There's no getting away with it, definitely not.
And Jo Kimmich is a player who is currently needed in the right-back position.
And as I said, he also wants the greatest possible success for FC Bayern Munich.
I don't think you're happy with coming second.
Nobody is happy about being eliminated from cup competitions.
And what happens in the summer when a new coach is there, a completely new constellation.
New duels arise, a new system emerges that a coach might want to play.
So a completely different starting point.
And it’s relatively clear that a coach is relatively uncompromising because they want to win the game today.”
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... the new Bayern coach:
“Christoph and I will have to do the balancing act.
And it's not just a balancing act, it's three parts, I don't even know what you call it.
We will of course take our time with the current season, squad planning and finding a new coach.
As I said, we want to find the best-suited coach for Bayern Munich, but we also can't take our time forever.
At the moment, let me say this somewhat simply, the focus is of course on these next three or four days.
Freiburg, Lazio Rome, extremely important games, also for the continuation of the second half of the season.
We won’t even try to solve this in the background.”
... expensive new signings:
“Bayern Munich can't handle that all the time either.
Now Harry Kane has proven his value for Bayern Munich, for the German Bundesliga, but that we can't make such transfers all the time and maybe we don't even want to.
We want to build a team, development and success, that's really what we need to achieve here.
And yet, there are very, very good players who maybe don't cost 100 million, who don't cost 80 million.
We have to find this mix.
We simply have to build a good team with the financial possibilities, which I then look at and which Mr. Dreesen and Mr. Diederich then give me.
Mathys Tel, Aleksandar Pavlovic, great, the way he plays the games, with self-confidence at the age of 19, Jamal Musiala – we have these players and would like to have more of them.
... Eric Dier and the permanent commitment:
“Exactly, Eric Dier's contract has been extended for a year due to missions.
And as I said, what he played against Leipzig, as a personality in the back row, was very, very good and definitely helps us.”
FC Bayern's new sports director: Max Eberl.
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Christian Streich (coach SC Freiburg) before the game on DAZN about ...
... the question of whether there have ever been so many injuries in one position (defense) in Freiburg:
“Yes, I don’t know exactly.
We've certainly had problems before.
But it was quite a lot.
And then the problem is not just the downtime, but the time it takes to get back.
Then you just need a few weeks again.
And we're playing the European Cup.
Freiburg doesn't normally play in the European Cup, but has a week to train and regenerate.
And you notice that extremely.
European Cup, Bundesliga at the same time, then with injuries.
It’s really a big challenge.”
...the current form:
“We haven’t scored enough points recently.
We are not satisfied, but we fight for everything.
In Augsburg that was far too little.
But we were actually exhausted in Augsburg.
So you just saw that.
And Augsburg was fresh.
Nevertheless, we want to play better football.
And we didn’t do that.”
... the recent changes in defense:
“It also had to do with the personnel.
And then with the opponent.
And then with your own feelings.
It also depends on who is playing on the side?
Then you say a three-man chain and maybe play a little more offensively on the side.
There are several components that come into play.”
... the game:
“Bayern are variable, but after the game in Leipzig I already believe how Bayern are playing.
It also depends on where Tel plays and Musiala.
But otherwise it won't be that much different than against Leipzig.
If you have good tackling behavior, you play the ball, then you get space because Bayern want to play forward, that's clear.
If we show ourselves strong today, then things will also be difficult for Bayern in situations.
And I hope for that more than for Bayern to be weak.”
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