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By: Manuel Bonke, Philipp Kessler
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Sports director Christoph Freund.
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FC Bayern's U19s failed in the quarter-finals of the Youth League against Olympiacos Piraeus.
Nevertheless, sports director Christoph Freund sees huge potential.
Munich - In the end, there were too many individual mistakes that sealed FC Bayern's quarter-final exit in the Youth League.
Munich's Olympiakos Piraeus had to admit defeat with 1:3 (0:3).
It didn't help that coach Rene Marić's team had significantly better statistics with 72 percent ball possession and 22:4 shots on goal - in the end, the Greeks were simply more effective.
There was nothing more possible that day than Robert Ramsak's consolation goal.
“We didn't pose enough of a goal threat going forward and the unfortunate goal we conceded obviously has a knock-on effect on the team.
Piraeus then used this mercilessly.
We have to and will learn from games like this,” announced coach Marić.
The fact that, despite the quarter-final knockout, Bayern have some promising talents in their ranks was also shown by the fact that, in addition to sports director Christoph Freund, sports director Max Eberl, CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen and honorary president Uli Hoeneß were among the spectators.
Dreesen specifically asked Richard Kitzbichler, responsible for talent development and loan player support, about the new Swedish striker Jonah Kusi-Asare.
The 16-year-old only came from Swedish club AIK Solna in February as a promising striker.
FC Bayern signed Swedish striker Jonah Kusi-Asare in the winter.
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In the eyes of sports director Freund, it is important to properly support and challenge Kusi-Asare & Co. over the next two or three years “so that they can get to the next level”.
According to Freund, it is important to develop an individual plan for each talent - not necessarily with loans.
“You have to think carefully about what might be the best move for each guy.
Things went differently for Aleks Pavlovic, he got playing time straight away with the professionals.
This must always be assessed and assessed depending on the situation in order to then take the next step individually.”
Manuel Bonke, Philipp Kessler