The New Year is not red... The start of 2022 was not very "friendly" to Bayern.
"Nanda Wang" has never lacked strength! What is lacking is health, stability and luck. The 2021-2022 season has entered the second half, the league and European games have entered a critical period, and every game, every point, and even a point on the pitch, a subconscious action, and a moment will likely become the key to affecting the team's final results! The same is true of outbreaks. There are three words that Bayern can't mention... "The spell of the whole staff..." has been bothering Bayern like a gintama for more than a decade, and it has also plagued Munich in 2022.
Line of Fire is back! Help Bayern to grab points urgently!
Since the German government has not taken mandatory measures for vaccination, coupled with the sudden outbreak of the Omilon virus! And wreak havoc in a short time! This has made Germany the hardest hit area in Europe, and there is even a danger of a league shutdown. As the most affected region in Germany, Bavaria is still growing with thousands of confirmed cases in a single day! At the same time, during the winter break, because the club relaxed the control requirements of the team members and the vigilance of epidemic prevention, the "South King" was inevitably "full of new crown camp"!
In the last round, Bayern, who was 11 out, faced Borussia Moncheng, and could hardly exclude the main starting force. At the beginning of the year, bore the defeat of Borussia Monsing, while allowing the opponent to sit firmly in the "Bayern Nemesis" name, but also allowing Dort, who had won last night, to chase the score to only 3 points in the case of one more round!
The good news is that according to reports, before Bayern's away match against Cologne tonight, six first-team players in the Bayern team who have been affected by the epidemic have returned to the team for joint training! Bayern also immediately updated the status of several players on their official website and in the Bundesliga team registration information, so that they can catch up with tonight's game as much as possible.
Although several other main players in the team's backline have not yet recovered, such as Lucas Hernandez, who has just returned to Munich from the Maldives without lifting the quarantine, Alfonso Davis was detected to have myocarditis symptoms again "big break". But the return of captain Noir, winger Sane and main centre-backs Yu Palmecano and Quasi is undoubtedly a blessing in disguise! You know, in the last game, Bayern in the front court due to the team's trilateral two "nest", the team can only send the untested second team young player Tillman to replace. In the backcourt, Nagelsmann could hardly come up with a "guy to take advantage of", so he had to let Pavard make a cameo in the back, while Kimmich and Sabitzer switched to full-backs.
The emergency return of several players this time will be expected to debut in tonight's league and help Bayern to beat opponents and urgently grab points in the second game of 2022!
Defending the bellwether, can Bayern stop the fight against Cologne?
Bayern's match against Cologne will be played tonight at Cologne's home stadium as the 19th round of the Bundesliga, and it will be a rather interesting match! At present, in the league rankings, Cologne is in good form, ranking 6th in the league, and is already in the Bundesliga qualification rankings for European Competition. Although Bayern is still in the first place, the club is not worried, and Dortmund behind him is also looking forward to it. One of the two teams fought to keep their European positions, while the other fought to keep the league number one. Both sides are bound to go all out to spark!
In the pre-match press conference, Cologne coach Baumgart showed confidence in this round of matches, and the very individual manager regarded this game as a rare opportunity to beat Bayern! Tactically, the radical and adventurous head coach will most likely not be conservative and instead engage in a confrontation with the same tactically innovative manager!
In this regard, Na Shuai also responded to his preparations at the press conference! But in the hands of the young marshal, it seems that there are not too many hard cards. In the absence of a major general, the young marshal unreservedly stated that in the deployment of troops, the use of Kimisi and others would still adopt the second choice of position.
In the history of the two sides, although Bayern still maintains an absolute advantage in victory, there are also "security risks". From the statistical point of view, Cologne's offensive firepower in recent games is not weak, and it has scored in 3 consecutive games! In terms of home record, it has scored goals in five consecutive games, and even against the superior teams such as Borussia Borussia Moncheng and "Pharmaceutical Factory", they are not soft, scoring more than 1 goal. In the last two matches against Bayern, Cologne also maintained the record of scoring goals per game, especially in the first half of this season, Cologne scored 2 goals at the Allianz Arena under the leadership of Baumgart, and almost turned the tables! It can be seen that the Cologne sheep is not soft in the play with the "King of the South", and the ability to fight back is not small.
Bayern, on the other hand, have just experienced a bloody and unstable defensive line this season, and this time they have been ravaged by the epidemic! Bayern's 14 away games this season have only been kept clean sheets, and Neuer's goal has been pierced 12 times in the last 6 away games! A spear that did not falter met the scarred shield, and the ending was heart-wrenching....Fortunately, Bayern's main strike force still existed! Levan, who has always been in good form, has no problem playing, Müller can continue to work as a gunner, and Gnabry, who has always played well in Cologne, is lucky not to appear in the list of the epidemic number, Bayern want to win all three points in Cologne, I am afraid I have to rely on the attack line!
With Bayern's "personality", usually every time after the defeat of the next game, the team will be more "excited", so how much power will Bayern show in this game? This is worth the expectations of fans!
Hard-won renewals
Bayern's biggest achievement this winter is the completion of a long-negotiated contract extension with the team's winger Kingsley Koeman. The two sides extended the contract originally until June 2023 until 2027! It is reported that the "French supercar" after the renewal of the contract will rise to 17 million euros in annual salary! It's an "expensive" contract! This shows how much Bayern attaches to Koeman.
Coman, who debuted at Paris Saint-Germain, was not successful in the early part of his career, because his young player status was not successful in the Ligue 1 giants, he could not stand, so he soon left Italy to Juventus to look for opportunities. During his time in Turin City, Koeman showed his excellent potential, scoring 5 goals and contributing 2 assists in the 17 games he played. Although the data is not high, it is good enough for a young player. Therefore, in 2015, Bayern used the method of ancestors to buy, from Juve to Koeman, and in the two years of loan, Koeman gradually grew and stood on the main bench of Bayern's full-backs, and was once regarded as the successor of the big brother "Allianz King" Ribery. In the 2016 Champions League knockout round, Bayern conceded two goals in the home match with Juve, Koeman came off the bench and helped Levan score a goal in the half, tenaciously fighting overtime! Later, in the overtime stage, Juve counterattacked with all its strength to win back the score, stepping on the bicycle and counterattacking directly to break through Buffon's ten levels! Lock in the win for Bayern! Since then, it has established its position within the team. In 2017, Bayern signed Koeman from Juve for 20 million euros, and after 2018, with heynckis's brief return to give Koeman a point of qualitative change, coupled with Robery's two old age, Koeman after 2018 gradually became the main force of the team's wing, forming a "Cobray" combination with another Bayern winger, Gnabry!
So far, Koeman has played in 217 games for Bayern, scoring 46 goals and providing 52 assists, helping Bayern win six Bundesliga titles, three German Cups, 1 Club World Cup trophy and 1 European Super Cup trophy. Also in the 2020 Champions League final, he scored bayern's only goal of the game against his old club Paris! It was an absolute contributor to helping Bayern win the Champions League!
After successfully completing the signing, Koeman also made the first time to respond to the signing! Praised the overall condition of the team! And expressed joy! It seems that before that, Koeman's unhappy negotiations due to salary problems and Bayern's once-opened Barca winger Dembele, who had once opened the French, turned back rumors and has since been swept away!
Not bad money renewal chain reaction
After this renewal, Koeman's annual salary has risen from the original pre-tax 12 million euros to 17 million euros, becoming the eighth player in the team to earn more than 15 million yuan a year (the 8 players are rumored to be: Levan, Neuer, Kimmich, Sane, Muller, Goretska and Lucas Hernandez)
Among them, Polish striker Levan has always been in the top salary of the team (24 million euros), Neuer, Kimmich and Müller have maintained the second echelon (20 million euros), and the remaining 5 are in the third echelon between 20 million and 15 million euros. Underneath that, Upamecano, Gnabry, Sabitze, Jules, Tolisso, Alfonso, Pavard, Musharra, Shupo-Motin, Kwasi, Rocca, Sal, Richards, Urreshi and Stanišić are in the salary range of €9-1 million, respectively, in the fourth stage.
It is reported that after Koeman's successful contract extension, Bayern will soon finalize the renewal of Neuer and Nabry, and the German winger will soon enter the ranks of the team with an annual salary of 15 million euros. Of course, there are also negative news about Bayern's negotiations with Gnabry over salary issues and neuer-Neuer's dispute with Nubert.
Bayern is not short of money at the moment, in the "European Championship Report" just released by KPMG, one of the four major international accounting firms, the financial situation of football champions from Britain, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Turkey, Portugal and other countries. Bayern is the only club that has been profitable during the pandemic! Its combined profit after tax for the 20-21 season was €1.8 million. Although the number is small, it is also valuable to be able to lose money in major clubs during the epidemic.
However, profitability does not mean that Bayern will let go of the investment in the player market, looking at the world's world football, except for the Premier League and Ligue 1 clubs supported by local tycoons, no team can have enough funds to maintain high-energy investment. Traditional giants such as Real Madrid, Barca and Juve have remained silent in the storms of the past few years, and even fallen into the economic whirlpool. Bayern has also taken relatively stable financial measures in recent years, committed to youth inquiry, and successfully unearthed young rookies such as Musharra, Alfonso and Stanisic.
In the case that the epidemic is not over, in addition to the necessary expenditure to maintain the core strength of the team's main force, Bayern will still adopt a relatively conservative reinforcement policy, as Nagelsman said to the media: "There is no oil under the Sebena Street".
(Yingbao'er)