The players from Bayern Munich want to add to their five-title Grand Slam in 2020 a sixth trophy: Qatar Club World Cup, although before they will have to face the premiere against the Egyptian club Al-Ahly, winner of the African Champions League.
If they win, the Germans will play the final on Thursday February 11 hour 12:00 p.m. from central Mexico to Tigers by Ricardo Ferretti, The first Mexican team and CONCACAF which reaches that court after remove with Brazilian Palmeiras hierarchy.
“We are going to the Club World Cup with the very clear goal of bringing the trophy to Munich. Six trophies from the same season, so far only FC Barcelona has done it,” Bayern captain Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said enthusiastically.
One step away from “Sextete”
Bayern won 2020 Bundesliga and German Cup, Champions League and Super Cups from Germany and Europe.
In 2013, the “Rekordmeister” had won five trophies out of six, including the Club World Cup, but did not take the German Super Cup, which gave way to its great rival of the time, Borussia Dortmund.
When there was talk of canceling the World Cup due to coronavirus a few months ago, Rummenigge, Hansi Flick and a delegation of team players counted they went to see him to ask him to talk to his friend Gianni Infantino, FIFA President, to convince him that the tournament was played at any cost.
Rummenigge says that gesture impressed him: “They won everything in 2020, they have a hellish program, but they want even more,” he explained.
Bayern is tired
An incident at Berlin airport on Friday added even more pressure. When it was due to take off at the end of the night to arrive in Doha around 07:00 the next day, the team’s plane was tied up in the German capital. They could only go out on Saturday.
At the sporting level, Bayern gets tired, but its offensive potential (3 goals per match on average this season) they continue to make a difference: they have five consecutive victories in the Bundesliga.
“Our game is always analyzed by Bayern not as dominating as last season. But we must not forget that last year was absolutely exceptional for us “, remarked Thomas Müller recently.
The German champions arrive almost completely in Qatar. Single Leon Goretzka Yes Javi martinez, which tested positive for coronavirus, remained in Munich.
Since 2013, the Club World Cup has always been won by the European representative, and Bayern wants to extend this dominant position.