Party holiday after bankruptcy in Mainz: Nagelsmann doubts loudly about FC Bayern

Party vacation after bankruptcy in Mainz
Nagelsmann loudly doubts FC Bayern

The signs at FC Bayern always point to change: After the nasty 1: 3 defeat in Mainz, coach Julian Nagelsmann indicates that things will change for the coming season. The joy of winning the German championship seems long gone.

No, Julian Nagelsmann could not and did not want to contain himself. Not after such an embarrassing performance by his less than masterful team. But the frustrated FC Bayern coach didn’t linger too long on a verbal smack for his players – in fact, after the embarrassing 1: 3 (1: 2) at FSV Mainz 05, he questioned the German record champions in their entirety.

It’s not just about the team, Nagelsmann emphasized, it’s about more. “If a company has been very successful for decades, then at some point there is always time to change something a bit,” he said – and he said it not for the first time. Already after the elimination in the Champions League against FC Villarreal he had shaken the previous convictions of the club.

Nagelsmann seemed to despair of his stars just a week after the lavish championship celebration. The beating by strong Mainzer hit him noticeably on the mind. Especially because the majority of the team is said to have said goodbye to Ibiza afterwards. According to “Bild”, only six professionals, including Captain Manuel Neuer, stayed away from the trip to the party island. Nagelsmann could also have thought of that when the frightening performance after the secured tenth title in a row classified it as “a bit human”, but emphasized: “We still wear the logo on our chests. It just doesn’t work”.

But that’s not all. If it looks like “we have to do some service, then that’s a point where we have to change something,” said Nagelsmann, emphasizing: “And that’s where we are right now.” Every DAX company that wants to be one of the most successful knows this phenomenon. Nagelsmann assured him that he was not a warning, “I just want us to continue on this path successfully. You mustn’t miss the point.” The moment for something new.

Kimmich talks about repeated dropouts

Once again it became clear that the surprising failure in the Champions League and the early and embarrassing end of the cup are far from over. Important decisions are pending on Säbener Straße – far beyond the coming season. “If you win seven titles in one year and become champion ten times, at some point you always break even, where you say: ‘We have to do something differently now’,” stressed Nagelsmann.

It is still unclear with which staff the Bayern coach can plan in the coming years. The ongoing speculation about Robert Lewandowski keeps the club in suspense. The fronts seem hardened. The world footballer, who is said to be moving to FC Barcelona a year before the end of his contract, disappeared from Mainz without a word.

In the season analysis, the question of Bayern’s unusually frequent dropouts should also be asked. There would be Gladbach, Augsburg, Bochum or Villarreal – and now Mainz. It gives him a lot to think about, “that this is happening to us again,” admitted Joshua Kimmich on the ARD microphone.

Jonathan Burkardt (18th), Moussa Niakhate (27th) and Leandro Barreiro (57th) punished the lethargic record champions, Lewandowski’s goal (33rd) changed nothing. There were too many defeats “in the same way”, criticized Nagelsmann: “To be honest, Mainz can score eight or nine goals today.” The Munich coach missed “a certain basic passion”, but he did not want to give any further explanations about the serious drop in performance. He said this “internally”, including the team, Nagelsmann emphasized, “it’s not for the media world”.

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