Julian Nagelsmann spoke about a special session before the Mainz victory.Image: imago images/Ulrich Wagner
Bundesliga
In the last two weeks, there have been signs of a small crisis at FC Bayern. Since the start of the second half of the season, Munich have drawn three times in the league. Criticism followed the results, for example from Oliver Kahn.
Bayern’s CEO emphasized the difference between the team after the World Cup and the one before the Qatar World Cup in 2022. Specifically, he called for a different performance. Coach Julian Nagelsmann spoke of a “result crisis”.
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Before the round of 16 in the DFB Cup against Mainz (4-0) it was analyzed how to get out of this. So there was Nagelsmann opposite Channel “Sky” to understand.
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Nagelsmann first explained that there had been a meeting of the players – without him as a coach. “They sat down and sometimes spoke without the coach”, said Nagelsmann before the away game in Mainz. Now the whole team would want to achieve better results together.
This caused confusion for Joshua Kimmich. A meeting without the coach? The 27-year-old knew nothing about this. “Maybe they did the session without me,” he commented, laughing. There was indeed a meeting in which the players would also have had their say, but the coach was there. “I can’t remember now that only we players had a session,” added the international.
Nagelsmann rows back after Mainz victory
After the game against Mainz Julian Nagelsmann rowed back:
“I think they sometimes talk in the dressing room without me. But I don’t think there was an official date when all the players were there and I wasn’t. But maybe they won’t tell, I don’t know.”
Nagelsmann does not believe that such a meeting took place. A few players would certainly have met and had a conversation. “These are grown men.”
After the comfortable win against Mainz and entry into the quarter-finals, Bayern have ended the draw series. Now there should be no need to speak without coach Nagelsmann.
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