Bayern Munich: The great pleasure of duty

Of all the words of sport is a "competitive game" the most German. In what other country you would have the idea to connect the epitome of what you are doing out of joy and free will, the epitome of what needs to be done?

Christian Eichler

sports correspondent in Munich.

The word that comes out of it, referred to a game in which more is at stake than the Play, namely, points, premiums, trophies. Unlike the so-called friendship game, this will not, however, disputed only in friendship.

The Bundesliga match between Bayern Munich and SC Freiburg was, literally, a friendship game, since the two trainers had assured each other before their mutual sympathy. Christian Streich is not betrayed even, he was ashamed to be in his youth, Bayern fans have been. But above all, it was a competitive game, even for Bayern, although their annual obligation had been fulfilled with the early winning the eighth championship in the series four days earlier, in Bremen, Germany. As an extra offer, however, as almost every year, yet some of the records.

The 3:1 against Freiburg is not enough while it may be true, the goal record of the forefathers to Beckenbauer & co. from the season 1971/72 reach. The 101 hit track of at the time, no matter, would have to achieve the Bayern on Saturday in Wolfsburg before receiving the championship trophy with five goals.

Robert Lewandowski will fall short of Gerd müller's forty hits from that season, despite his two goals against Freiburg in effect. He would have to meet in Wolfsburg to seven times. And although the poles are managed against this opponent already five goals in nine minutes, which would extrapolate to fifty in a single game would, not should it be enough for it probably. After all, he has scored more goals this season, as the managed to a non-German in the German top League, the – 33 piece, so much made previously of only two men with the name Müller.

Still, it was a record day for the Bayern – because it is the duty of games. Of which the Bavarians have now won, in League, Cup and Champions League, 15 in succession, which no Bundesliga club he managed previously. Still a victory, and coach Hansi Flick, who is not from the records, declared to be much, it would have set another best mark at the very least, he should be proud of: 49 of 51 possible points in the back round. Something like this was previously only the Heynckes-Bayern 2013 on the way to Triple success.