Few smiles, serious and worried looks. Looking at the faces of Bayern Munich players, it seems to have come back a year. On 28 September there was the exemption of Ancelotti, due not only to the defeat (3-0) with the PSG of the previous evening but to a series of misunderstandings that had undermined the relationship between the technician, the senators of the team and part of the company . Yet today in Monaco the situation is completely different: with Kovac the Bavarians have won all 5 first season matches.
The Croatian, winning the next three (Benfica in the Champions League, Schalke and Augsburg in the league) would equal the record of victories at the start established by Ancelotti in 2016-17. So what's wrong with Bayern? Accidents. Because they are many, they are serious and they are not casual.
On Saturday, the Monaco reds won 3-1 against Bayer Leverkusen, finding themselves alone at the top of the table. During the first half Tolisso had to leave the pitch after a clash with Volland. In the second half was Rafinha to surrender following a bad foul by Bellarabi (expelled).
Already in the evening Bayern confirmed the suspects: Tolisso broke meniscus outside and crusader of his right knee, will have to stay still for many months. Rafinha's injury is also serious: the Brazilian injured his left ankle ligament and will be unavailable for more than four weeks. Already in the first day, against Hoffenheim, the Bavarians had lost Coman (breakdown of the ligaments) due to a bad intervention by Schulz. In the Super Cup, against Eintracht,
Alaba left the field after he had a bad blow to his knee. In that case, fortunately, it was not anything serious, but the feeling they have in Munich is clear: the opponents, frustrated by the supremacy of the Bavarians, hit hard. In some cases they even play dirty.
ACCUSATIONS - Yesterday, at the end of the match, Kovac and Hoeness were very tough: "Bellarabi's is worse than an intervention from red, I'm getting tired, we've become an easy prey," the Bavarian coach complained. Even Hoeness has lost patience: "Bellarabi is a phallus foul, deserves three months of disqualification for stupidity". Also because now that the Champions League begins Kovac, which relies heavily on turnover, would have liked to make the players turn more.
In Germany, however, that of the injuries of Bayern is not the only topic of discussion. The big ones, in fact, are disappointing. Lipsia yesterday won (with difficulty) the first game of the championship. Leverkusen and Schalke are still at 0 points. For Bayer, who finds himself last in the standings (for goal difference) for the first time after 36 years, is the worst departure ever. The Herrlich technician is on the dock.
The team yesterday in Monaco seemed a sacrificial victim despite having gone ahead after a few minutes. The attitude not only does not convince, it worries. A bit like the Schalke situation: last year the German team finished second in the standings, a result achieved only once in the previous 10 years. It was 2009-10, but in the following season the Gelsenkirchen club finished 14th. That's why the three defeats in a row look like a curse.
And that's why in the Bundesliga, at the moment, there are few smiles and looks serious and worried. Both those who win and those who lose, today, have some bad thoughts.
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