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These youngsters should now get playing time

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April 26, 2022

These youngsters should now get playing time

Now that it’s clear that Bayern Munich is the champion, a few FCB youngsters are getting more playing time. Bayern got the championship trophy at the unusual time and there was praise for Hasan Salihamidzic – from long-term critic Lothar Matthäus. All news and rumors about FC Bayern can be found here.

Here you will find the news and rumors of the day before!

FC Bayern, News: Youngsters should get more playing time

FC Bayern is once again early champion. Time to give some players off the bench more playing time. That’s how coach Julian Nagelsmann sees it: “We’ll change a bit and give one or the other young player more chances,” announced the Bayern coach and named Paul Wanner, Gabriel Vidovic and Josip Stanisic: “They can play more minutes at the highest level, without pressure.” Nagelsmann sees the “chance to do something for the minute account of some.”

But even slightly older players like Marc Roca or Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting can now look forward to more presence. They should be involved in Nagelsmann’s final project: “We want to end the season well and score a few more goals.”

FC Bayern, News: Shell not on Saturday this time

The last two Bundesliga match days actually belong to Saturday – nine games at the same time, all at 3.30 p.m. and the champion gets the championship trophy in the home game. But that was it. The DFL is breaking new ground and that’s why the championship trophy for FC Bayern isn’t on a Saturday this time, but on a Sunday.

Background: The DFL has decided to split the 33rd match day and have games take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Since FC Bayern only meets VfB Stuttgart on Sunday, the ceremony of handing over the title will only take place on Sunday after the game. Kick-off is at 5.30 p.m. and even after that the game RB Leipzig – FC Augsburg will continue.

Power ranking of the FCB championship series: This Bundesliga title was the best

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FC Bayern Munich has now lined up ten titles in a row. An unprecedented series. But which season was the strongest? The power ranking of Bayern titles. Only the performances in the Bundesliga were taken into account here.

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10th PLACE – Season 2016/2017: 25 wins, 7 draws, 2 defeats, 89:22 goals, 82 points. Champion on Matchday 31. Lead on second place (RB Leipzig): 15 points.

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Decisive moment: On the 16th matchday, FC Bayern, who had been looking for their form up to then, clearly beat the upstart RB Leipzig 3-0 and dominated the league from that moment on.

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Star of the season – Philipp Lahm, for life’s work: In his last professional season, the captain was once again flawless and stood out in a team that was unable to provide any major highlights.

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Rating: Under Carlo Ancelotti, Munich initially rumbled a bit through the league, only in the second half of the season did the performance become dominant.

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9th PLACE – Season 2021/2022: 24 wins, 3 draws, 4 defeats, 92:30 goals, 75 points (as of: 31st matchday). Champion on Matchday 31.

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Crucial moment: The 105th meeting between BVB and FCB on Matchday 14 is top-class. Only referee Felix Zwayer falls behind in terms of performance. Too bad that he decides the 3:2.

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Star of the season – Thomas Müller: Has managed 20 assists three games before the end and is consistently good in a season in which almost all Bayern stars allowed themselves ups and downs.

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Rating: Bayern’s tenth title in a row and Julian Nagelsmann’s first was never really in danger, mainly because of the weakness of the competition. Nagelsmann and the team are also still looking for their playful line.

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8th PLACE – Season 2018/2019: 24 wins, 6 draws, 4 defeats, 88:32 goals, 78 points. Champion on Matchday 34. Lead on 2nd place (BVB): 2 points.

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Crucial moment: On the 27th matchday, the Munich leaders beat BVB 5-0 and take the top of the table. It’s Niko Kovac’s greatest triumph.

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Stars of the season – Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery: Admittedly, the two old champions, who completed their last season for the record champions, are only here on an honorary basis – and because no other player really imposed themselves.

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Rating: Also because of the rumbling outsider football under Niko Kovac and the rather poor results, the bosses feel called to the legendary press abuse conference.

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The championship streak almost ended, but a strong comeback in the second half of the season and victories against BVB and Frankfurt (5:1 on matchday 34) brought the title and just under 8th place here.

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7th PLACE – Season 2020/2021: 24 wins, 6 draws, 4 defeats, 99:44 goals, 78 points. Champion on Matchday 32. Lead over second place (RB Leipzig): 12 points.

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Crucial moment: On matchday 32, BVB beat RB Leipzig 3-2 and thus crowned FC Bayern, who of course do not rely on the support of the riflemen, as champions.

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Star of the season – Robert Lewandowski: On matchday 33, equaled Gerd Müller’s seemingly forever 40-goal season record, on matchday 34 he even broke it.

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Rating: In his only full season as head coach, Hansi Flick continues to let his stars storm – at the expense of defensive stability. Not even the disturbances between him and Hasan Salihamidzic can endanger the ninth title in a row.

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6th PLACE – Season 2017/2018: 27 wins, 3 draws, 4 defeats, 92:28 goals, 84 points. Champion on Matchday 29. Lead on second place (FC Schalke): 21 points.

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Crucial moment: On Matchday 8, Bayern beat SC Freiburg 5-0 in the first game of the reactivated Jupp Heynckes. From now on you fly through the league.

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Star of the season – Sven Ulreich: Substituted for the injured regular keeper Manuel Neuer from the 5th match day, and so well that he almost went to the World Cup in Russia.

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Rating: After Ancelotti lost the dressing room, Jupp Heynckes confidently brought the title to Munich. So confident that Bayern failed to look for a suitable successor.

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5th PLACE – Season 2014/2015: 25 wins, 4 draws, 5 defeats, 80:18 goals, 79 points. Champion on Matchday 30. Lead on second place (VfL Wolfsburg): 10 points.

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Crucial moment: Bayern beat SC Freiburg 2-0 on Matchday 16. There were only eight fouls in this game, a Bundesliga game has never been fairer. Robben scores his 100th goal for FCB, Guardiola celebrates his 42nd win in his 50th game.

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Star of the season – Xabi Alonso: On matchday 6, the Baske, who came from Real Madrid, had 206 ball contacts in the 2-0 win over Cologne – and smashed the Bundesliga record set by Thiago last year by 21 contacts.

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Assessment: Bayern never played more dominantly and flexibly than in that season. But in the second half of the season, the team seemed a bit bored with their own dominance – especially since the opponents gave up in droves even before kick-off.

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After the title was decided, Bayern let the tumble completely: Three of the five defeats came after the 30th matchday.

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4th place – 2019/2020 season: 26 wins, four draws, 4 defeats, 100:32 goals, 82 points. Champion on Matchday 32. Lead on 2nd place (BVB): 13 points.

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Crucial moment: On November 2, 2019, FCB and Niko Kovac lost 1: 5 at Eintracht Frankfurt. Hansi Flick took over and beat BVB 4-0. The rest is history.

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Star of the season – Thomas Müller: Under Kovac, he is no longer even an emergency nail, under Flick he is a legend again. 21 assists at the end of the season mean Bundesliga record.

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Rating: Bayern is now nine points behind BVB, then came Flick, then came the Corona break and then came spring and early summer like a rush.

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3rd PLACE – Season 2015/2016: 28 wins, 4 draws, 2 defeats, 80:17 goals, 88 points. Champion on Matchday 33. Lead on 2nd place (BVB): 10 points.

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Crucial moment: On Matchday 8, Guardiola’s Bayern beat Thomas Tuchel’s Dortmunder 5-1 – although BVB was better in the early stages.

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Star of the season: As a joker, Robert Lewandowski scored five of his 30 goals of the season within nine minutes against VfL Wolfsburg. His goals were fastest hat-trick, fastest four-goal and fastest five-goal.

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Rating: Guardiola’s last season in Munich turned out to be the best and most exciting of the decade – thanks to a very strong BVB, who became the strongest runners-up in history with 78 points. Bayern conceded just 17 goals all season.

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2ND PLACE – Season 2013/2014: 29 wins, 3 draws, 2 defeats, 94:23 goals, 90 points. Champion on Matchday 27. Distance to second place (BVB): 19 points

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Crucial moment: FCB beat BVB 3-0 in a direct duel on matchday 13 and from then on distanced the Black and Yellows. Bitter for Dortmund: The lost son Mario Götze makes one of his best games for Bayern, scoring 1-0.

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Star of the season: Thiago – or nothing. Granted, the midfielder had even stronger seasons after that. But he stood for his football like no other in Pep Guardiola’s first year. At most, Toni Kroos and Philipp Lahm came close.

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Rating: Bayern played like a side from another planet in Pep Guardiola’s first season. The two defeats came when the title was already certain. Because there was a bankruptcy against BVB, the season ended up in second place.

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1ST PLACE – Season 2012/2013: 29 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss, 98:18 goals, 91 points. Champion on Matchday 28. Lead on 2nd place (BVB): 25 points.

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Crucial moment: On the first match day, Bayern, who were humiliated by the runners-up treble last season, beat Greuther Fürth 3-0, took first place and never gave it up again.

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Star of the season: Javi Martinez was Jupp Heynckes’ absolute dream player and gives Bayern the stability they long for right away.

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Rating: The title was already a week after Easter, but Easter 2013 was already in March. The only drop of bitterness in this almost perfect season: Bayern couldn’t win any of their games against BVB.

FC Bayern, News: Matthäus praise for Hasan Salihamidzic

That should also happen: Lothar Matthäus praises Bayern’s sports director Hasan Salihamidzic for something. In this case for the Bosnian’s statements about Robert Lewandowski.

Matthew writes in his sky-Column: “Respect also to Hasan Salihamidzic, by the way. He has Sky90 clearly made it clear that Bayern Munich will not give up Robert Lewandowski at the end of this season. Come what may. It’s part of the game of poker now and it was spot on from Hasan. Of course he will have to be measured by his words. If Lewandowski leaves the club for any reason, then at least he has pushed up the price. From a manager’s point of view, Hasan responded perfectly.”

Salihamidzic spoke clear words on Sunday about the future of FC Bayern’s top attacker. Read here in full.

FC Bayern Munich: The last games of the FCB season

date	time	competition	Opponent
April, 30th	3.30 p.m	Bundesliga	FSV Mainz 05 (A)
8th of May	5.30 p.m	Bundesliga	VfB Stuttgart (H)
May 14th	3.30 p.m	Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg (A)