Source: Live broadcast
Live September 18th-Bayern beat Chelsea 3-1 at home in the first round of the Champions League last night. In the view of German famous Ballack, Bayern is under pressure in the Champions League. Coach Kong Pani's performance last season was some kind of "novice bonus", but Bayern Sports Director Ebel refuted this.
Barak, who served as an explanatory expert at DAZN, commented on Bayern before the match: “The Championship is the criterion for measuring everything and this does not need to be discussed. In Bayern, the title is the basic requirement. In the German Cup, their performance in recent years is not very good, which is already a place worth criticizing.”
According to Barak, the decisive factor in evaluating the Champions League is “do they get to the semi-finals or the finals?
The former would subsequently speculate that Conpanys may have a "dividend" in the first season of coaching Bayern, but that claim was refuted by Bayern Sports Director Abel, who said the "dividend" theory was "totally nonsense."
Abel said: “Cophanie did a great job last season. We were eliminated by Inter Milan in the Champions League quarter-finals because we missed some critical players during the crucial phase of the season – a total of five.
Abel continued, “There is no extra dividend or something like that because it’s the first season of the coach.This year is again the Champions League season and we want to go as far as possible.”
He also reminded of the difficulties in the Champions League: "Real Madrid played Manchester City in the play-offs. This event is very complicated and difficult to predict, but we hope to go as far as possible."
Regarding Bayern’s situation at the Championship, Barak said in any case that these “decisive questions” usually have to wait for answers until the spring league enters the whiteheating phase.
He also praised Kong Pani's start at Bayern: "So far, he has done very well and adapted very well, but the requirements for him will be higher and higher."