01x05 - Episode 5

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THE MORNING AFTER BEING KNOCKED OU

OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - APRIL 14, 2021

You'll have to keep on filming

for a happy ending.

Now if we screw up the championship too,

we'll have the worst year

in a long time.

From Tuesday on, daily quick tests

and PCR only twice a week.

Great, thank you.

Test number 50. Thank you.

At least we still have the championship.

That's not so bad.

"That's not so bad," he says!

Ever won one?

How can you tell me,

"That's not so bad"?

He says that to me! Come on.

He says, "Not so bad.

The championship's not so bad."

He's never played in one, not once!

Of course it's not bad, dude.

Like I never played one.

- Ever won one in France?

I see.

- Idiot!

Not bad, he says!

Make sure you get a hat trick tomorrow.

One goal's enough if we don't concede.

You have to score it.

Just say,

"Yes, I'll score a hat trick tomorrow."

Okay guys, we'll start

with a warm up. Tomorrow's players

know the drill, go inside.

Everybody else does basic training here.

It will be relatively short today.

The next three games

are extremely important.

But I'll say more about that tomorrow,

when we're all here.

Okay, so enjoy your workout.

Let's run one lap.

Choupo is on my agenda today.

We want to renew his contract,

and now of course

the question is for how long.

Normally we have a rule that

if a player is over 31

we only do one-year contracts,

but in his case it's not that easy.

Once that rule is broken it stays

broken. So we gotta make up our minds.

That's why we have to talk about this

and decide together

where to go from here.

We need to find a solution together,

so that we all stand behind it.

Our financial situation means

we can't buy a new striker.

This is a huge point

where for once, perhaps,

due to the coronavirus situation,

we're financially not in a position

to play hardball.

25 appearances, eight times in the

starting eleven, and 17 substitutions.

Five goals. No assists.

I really want to hang on to him,

we want to hang on to him.

Give it a try. - Okay, let's start

negotiations and see what happens.

I still remember when it was

Uli Hoeneß, Karl Hopfner and I,

the entire Executive Board

was just the three of us.

Back then we had maybe

five transfers in the summer.

If three of them performed well,

we were happy.

Most importantly, the club has to have

a fundamental idea.

With a new head coach, we have to avoid

turning the whole system on its head

and then having the next one

turn it upside down again.

You have to have a strong

philosophy as a club.

If Yo loses this game,

he's not getting lunch today.

Goal! Alright.

He's saved his lunch.

We believe we have

a broad leadership at this club.

With other top clubs, responsibility for

team success may lie with two people.

We distribute that load on

5, 6 or 7 shoulders …

And behind them hungry young talents

with great potential,

who have the chance to grow here,

given the number of games we play.

We started in 2017.

We've been at the FC Bayern Campus in

northern Munich for almost four years.

It's four times the size

of Säbener Straße.

We have seven training fields here, and

a small stadium for the U19s and U17s.

It's an impressive site

with everything the youngsters need

to reach the next step

in their footballing careers.

FC Bayern must never forget

what it is that made it great.

Young players like Franz Beckenbauer,

Gerd Müller, Sepp Maier,

Owen Hargreaves, Schweinsteiger,

Lahm, Didi Hamann, just to name a few.

These are all

players who grew up with us.

In the evening, if you look from the

campus to the Allianz Arena all lit up,

I'm sure every young player sees that,

and they dream of playing there.

At FC Bayern

we're still primarily focused

on attracting every player from Bavaria

and signing them to the club.

Above U17 and U19,

the air gets thinner quality-wise,

so we have to keep our eye on

new talent in the wider German market,

and internationally as well.

Our most important partnership

is with FC Dallas,

a very good, established club

in the MLS.

We have 200 youth players on our campus.

In Dallas they're training a total

of 3,000 youth players.

We're regarded as the top developer

of youth and talent here in the US.

The partnership with FC Bayern

allows us to sign some of these players,

as they understand there's

a pathway between the two teams

and opportunities that exist.

The most prominent example

is Chris Richards,

plus two or three other players.

We saw we can benefit greatly

from the partnership.

Chris was one of the key players

last year for us,

also in the third division.

It's important for us to bring

young players to the professional field.

For economic reasons,

but above all for reasons of identity.

The Bavarian slogan "We are what

we are", Bayern Munich's self-image

of having to win titles, is something

our players have to learn too.

But on the other hand the boys need time

to mature, time to learn and to grow.

In the youth department,

you have to be careful

not to rush things.

But nevertheless I believe that overall,

the top teams in Europe will continue

to grow their focus on young players.

LOOKING FORWARD TO PARIS! HANSI

A nice note from Hansi.

You have to edit that in!

We had all the opportunities

but we just didn't take them.

Another day, another game. Next is the

Bundesliga, which is just as important.

Hello, everyone. Bayern play Wolfsburg

tomorrow in a clash of the top two.

Welcome to the sports media talk.

Hello, Hansi.

Mr. Flick, will you coach the national

team next season or stay at Bayern?

Your talks with Oliver Kahn,

has there been any progress?

Has there been a change in his attitude?

Did you talk about your future plans?

After exiting the Champions League

and the German Cup,

this will go down in history as

a disappointing season.

How do you go into these last games

with this the only title Bayern can win?

Right now the focus of all coaches,

players, the whole environment, the club

is completely on these three games

because they're very important.

Thank you everyone, have a nice weekend.

Until next time in Wolfsburg. Goodbye.

Let's go, 12 seconds, stay even,

stay in your lane.

The most important part

of every season is the Bundesliga.

This is what the clubs

are always focused on day to day.

This is my 10th championship.

So let's make this happen.

And then we can have a party for me.

The league title is the most

demanding one there is.

There are 34 games in the league, and

every single game is a brutal challenge.

So it's definitely no consolation prize.

It's not like I've won it 100 times.

All of our great successes

in recent years have obviously lessened

the prestige of becoming German

champions, because now everyone thinks

it's only a good season

if you win the Champions League.

And that's terrible.

We mustn't forget

when the Bundesliga was founded,

FC Bayern wasn't even in it.

The Munich team starts to

command the field …

Great movement, very precise …

Nice footwork …

Here comes Ohlhauser again. He scores.

As a boy, I think I was ten or twelve

years old, my uncle who lived in Munich

took me to a soccer game

on Grünwalder Straße to see TSV 1860.

That was the top team in Munich

at the time.

The South German champions

are TSV 1860 Munich.

Yugoslav goalkeeper

Radenkovic cannot hide his joy.

And the TSV 1860 fans

are cheering their heroes.

In 1963 the Bundesliga

was introduced throughout Germany.

And TSV 1860, back then the

more successful club here in Munich,

became a founding member

of the Bundesliga, not FC Bayern.

Back then we had a well-functioning,

solid team with good players

who wanted to get the chance

to play in the Bundesliga,

so they left the club. And FC Bayern

soon found itself without a team.

FC Bayern has always had,

I would say, visionary leaders.

Angelo Knorr was a h*m*

and stigmatized for it.

At the time his ideas were

modern and unconventional.

He organized friendlies against

English clubs to further their horizons.

Or Kurt Landauer, who suffered terrible

discrimination as a Jew in Germany.

He was a free spirit

who hired Hungarian coaches

and explored new ideas and tactics.

Fans in the south bank still honor him,

which I think is absolutely wonderful.

In the '60s and '70s, Wilhelm Neudecker

was another visionary president

who gave FC Bayern

a new direction for the future.

For instance, even though we weren't

in the Bundesliga at the time,

his goal was to become

Germany's number one sports club.

He brought in Tschik Čajkovski,

a Bundesliga coach.

And he put his faith in youth players.

They signed the best regional talent,

including players like Sepp Maier.

FC Bayern's number 1, Maier.

Sepp Maier. And again, Maier.

We were all around the age of 20, so we

were a very young team at the time.

Critics and insiders are

of the same opinion,

that Franz Beckenbauer is the greatest

talent in German soccer in years.

At just 20, he is an idol for the masses

and a genuine star for soccer fans.

The team was ready for new blood,

new energy, young players.

Munich defender Schwarzenbeck, No. 6, is

a perfect match with Franz Beckenbauer.

Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck was the

best defensive companion for Franz.

He mopped everything up,

then Franz could pass where he wanted.

And Gator always teased him, saying,

"If you get to the center line,

pass and go back so we stay safe."

One of my greatest discoveries

was stubby little Müller.

It's an almost telepathic understanding.

Müller scores.

I will never forget that moment.

Coming from an amateur club

to FC Bayern,

that's incredible.

People felt that this club

really had something going on,

that they had a plan. They had

the courage to dream big dreams.

And I think that's the reason

so many dynamic young players

from our region

found their way to FC Bayern.

JUNE 26, 1965

PROMOTION PLAY-OFFS FOR BUNDESLIGA

And I don't have to tell you

what happened then.

WE DID IT!

Oh, nice polo, hope it fits.

Let me have a look! Thank you.

Another one, please.

Well, you know, it's kinda blurry.

Okay! Guess I'm ready.

I only wore this suit for the occasion.

It's not every day

a talent like you signs.

Now you don't need anyone else to sign

for you. You can do this yourself.

Yeah, he practiced his signature.

- You did?

That's good.

Are you happy, Jamal?

Be careful what you answer.

When you're done signing please look up.

Perfect. Yes.

Thank you.

Today there's a lot you can coach,

but one thing makes all the difference,

and that's attitude, the ability

to really develop the confidence,

even as a young man, to say,

"Hey, I can do all of this."

There's a great feeling around here,

even the weather's nice. Great memories.

How are you?

I lived here on campus

for about four months.

Then I moved in with my family,

but my time here was really nice.

My father and I used to practice drills

in the street or the garden.

He also taught me ball control,

running, and stuff like that.

All that helped me a lot.

I played for 7 or 8 years at Chelsea

and at 16 I got the offer

to go to FC Bayern.

My father is from Nigeria

and my mother from Stuttgart.

You had a really nice impact

on this place.

Good to see you!

- Man, you really have grown up.

Yeah, a bit, also got a bit stronger.

He always stood out to me.

He has a good first touch.

Wonderful dribbling. He passes and goes,

he wants the return pass.

See you later.

- Keep on doing that. Or better.

Take care.

I told Hansi I would invite

a young player I liked.

Hansi said sure, and then afterwards,

"He can come anytime."

After that Jamal always trained with us.

Bambi! If you compare a picture of Bambi

with a picture of Jamal,

there's a resemblance.

I mean, not the face, but the body.

Jamal is like everyone's little brother.

He came in

when a lot of injuries were going on,

and he showed he can play at this level.

It was obvious when he started

the match against Lazio. Utterly calm.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND OF 16

And he was just 17.

Yeah, he was relatively relaxed

and relatively cheeky.

And it was clear that he could handle

real pressure. He could make it someday.

Taking the leap is one thing, but to

establish yourself is something else.

That doesn't even happen

one in a hundred times.

Pass from the left to Musiala

and there is the goal.

Pretty courageous of the boy.

He is the youngest Champions League

goalscorer in FC Bayern's history.

He hasn't achieved anything yet.

He has a good contract, congratulations!

He plays for Bayern Munich, he's been

asked to play on the national team.

Everything looks great.

But now come the critical steps

that he has to prove he can take.

APRIL 16, 2021

MUNICH AIRPOR

The financial news is always about

problems. You're always too late to buy.

If Leipzig fail to win

against Hoffenheim tonight,

then in Wolfsburg we can take a big step

towards winning the Bundesliga.

He got it, right?

No, no …

Alright, calm down everybody.

We need to relax.

We're totally calm.

I am calm.

Whoa, it's alright!

There's the one point.

One more corner.

- Who'll be German champions?

It's gonna be a happy ending.

- No, wait …

No, no, no …

I don't believe it.

That's unbelievable.

- I don't believe it.

No! How could he award another corner?

- There was a foul before.

I can't believe this.

Ah! Hand ball! Hand ball!

It'll be disallowed.

No, it'll be disallowed.

Any hand ball when a goal is scored …

That's gotta suck for them.

But look at the slowmo!

There's clearly no hand ball. Come on!

Unfortunately not, what a bummer.

No goal.

Ah! Hey! He finally comes out of

his dungeon. You missed a big thing.

Hand ball, hand ball.

You're on this bus right here,

Leroy, over there.

Here.

Hansi, you're on this bus. Danny here.

And Scotty, take that bus.

All set!

Six games to go

in the Bundesliga season,

and the future of Bayern head coach

Hansi Flick is still unclear.

Will he go to the DFB

or will he stay at FC Bayern?

Some stories you do get tired of, but it

is a strange situation for FC Bayern.

Maybe it's a consequence

of having won everything.

You can see in his face that something's

eating at him, churning inside,

that he has

a very difficult decision to make.

Finally, I think you've decided

what you'll do after the summer …

That's what you think,

I don't have to answer that.

Okay. Thanks.

- Good. Thanks.

One of the most difficult tasks

in the Bundesliga.

FC Bayern face VfL Wolfsburg away

just four days

after their match in Paris.

A very important step towards their

9th German league title in a row.

In the line-up today Jamal Musiala.

First chance for FC Bayern.

Choupo, keep at it. That's good.

Musiala against Mbabu,

a tough matchup.

Through, through!

FC Bayern dominating,

here's Alphonso Davies.

Great movement with Jamal Musiala

and he finishes.

Score is 1-0!

Jamal Musiala.

The boy's got it, eh?

And again with Musiala,

this time to Alaba.

Goalkeeper Casteels makes a mistake

and Choupo-Moting takes the shot.

2-0. FC Bayern dominating

the game in every aspect,

but here's a counter from Schlager,

and here is Weghorst.

Here come Bayern again.

Attack led by Pavard,

Thomas Müller takes over,

cross to Musiala

and he scores.

Hey. With a header!

Unbelievable.

What a crazy game so far. Next chance!

Now Wolfsburg,

with Weghorst, but here comes Neuer.

Ottavio has time to cross …

Maximilian Philipp!

3-2!

Musiala advances, what a great game!

Here comes Müller …

over to Musiala but it goes nowhere.

Three big points closer to the title.

Go, guys!

Eight minutes left to play.

Good ball, good ball!

Roussillon!

Are you ready to defend?

Five minutes? How?

- Five minutes' injury time added.

Hey, final whistle …

That's enough!

Okay guys!

Johnny …

Guys, guys! Listen.

I have something to tell you.

I believe we have a powerful connection,

a very special relationship.

It's important to me that I tell you

this, and you don't hear it elsewhere.

I told the club …

After the game against Paris this week

I said that

I will be quitting after this season

and don't want to continue.

I made this decision

for several reasons.

For me it was and still is …

the ultimate joy to work with you.

You have grit and determination

unlike anything I've ever seen.

So, thank you for this wonderful

and very successful time we've had.

It obviously wasn't easy for me to make

this decision, but how can I put it?

I just can't do it anymore, I'm done

being the tough guy to the public.

I hope you and the club understand.

Thanks again for everything, guys.

Let's continue. We have five more games,

so let's get the job done

and do it right.

Thank you, guys. Yeah, that's it.

I'm not doing it. I'm only doing SKY!

Do I really have to say it three times?

Sorry, Hansi, if you don't,

they'll think something's wrong.

So I'm afraid you have to do it.

Guess your mailbox is exploding?

Yes.

Yes, possibly

there were moments

when we should have asked ourselves

if we should have tried harder.

Or communicated more

instead of just plowing ahead?

Blaming everything on Hasan

is a very short-sighted,

extremely short-sighted point of view.

He wanted success. I wanted success.

I have great respect

for his work as a coach.

And that will endure.

To win these six titles …

What an incredible success.

I think that Hansi

would definitely have stayed with us

had he not been offered the chance to be

head coach of the German national team.

It seems that's the pinnacle

of what a coach can achieve.

But the media will still give you a slap

in the face when you lose a game.

So that won't change,

Hansi will realize.

If you just watched the news a little,

you kind of had an idea it was coming.

Sure.

Of course I hope,

from a selfish point of view, that he

takes over the national team in summer.

Otherwise it would be a real shame

if we completely lost him as a coach,

from the players' perspective.

He's won everything with Bayern, and I

hope we can do that with him at the DFB.

Unfortunately

that does nothing for David.

We didn't know there were problems.

As a player you don't always realize.

But you don't leave a team like this

for no reason. - Yes,

that's right.

I'm not happy about it. But of course

you have to accept it and respect that.

Like I said …

Everyone has to make their own decision.

And that's exactly what happened here.

He and the team were very close,

they had a very powerful bond.

And you could feel that

right up to the end.

When Hansi said he was leaving,

you saw how emotional it was,

how hard it was for him

and for the players to accept.

I think there was also

a little bit of relief.

And in my opinion,

maybe it was even a little too late.

I think everyone has to deal with that

as they will.

Personally, I would have loved

to see him continue at Bayern,

because he really could have

created an era.

A year and a half is no era.

That was just a very successful period.

But the late '60s

and the '70s, that was an era.

That was FC Bayern's era,

when the myth was born.

When FC Bayern came into the Bundesliga,

they were considered

a young, charming team, like SC Freiburg

today. You can't imagine that now.

They were voted the most likeable

Bundesliga team.

We were all young guys at the time,

and out of the 15 of us,

10 had been in the youth team together.

So we knew each other. On promotion

to the Bundesliga, we were 18, 19, 20.

And we all stayed together.

We were one unit, fully committed.

Good friends will never be separated

You knew each other so well. At times

you'd have an argument, or even a fight.

But it would blow over

and we'd pull together for the match.

That's the way it was.

We came third in our first year

in the Bundesliga, and we won the cup.

In that first year we showed right away

that we really belonged there.

FC BAYERN VS. GLASGOW RANGERS

CUP WINNERS' CUP FINAL - MAY 31, 1967

The following year they won

the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

This showed how good

this well-practiced team was.

And four years later

they won the double.

We all want to warmly congratulate

the new German champions.

In terms of how Bundesliga clubs

including FC Bayern financed themselves,

ticket sales at games were huge,

with large takings

from international friendlies.

When we won the European Cup

or the World Cup,

we had to take advantage of these titles

to earn money again.

So we had to travel and play

in Peru, and Brazil, and Mexico.

We played on Monday and Wednesday,

flew back on Thursday,

and on Saturday we played Bundesliga.

That wasn't unusual,

it was often the case.

EUROPEAN CUP FINAL - MAY 15, 1974

Welcome to Brussels Heysel Stadium.

It is a great evening for football,

a wonderful evening for the European

Cup final between German champions

Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid.

I remember this was a rough game,

a dull back and forth.

Only nine minutes left on the clock

in extra time.

Till that free kick!

And Luis with a wonderful free kick

over the wall.

What a shot by Luis.

Now Bayern will really

start feeling the pressure.

Only five minutes left on the clock.

In the 120th minute, just before

full time, we'd basically lost.

We were already done,

then came Schwarzenbeck.

In the last second, not even minute,

he crossed the halfway line, he didn't

know what else to do and shot at goal.

Schwarzenbeck, yes!

Schwarzenbeck scores the equalizer!

And there it is again.

That glorious moment of ecstasy

when all the myths and legends are born.

And now there's going to have to

be a rematch.

Back then we still had the replay rule.

It was unbelievable,

we didn't even have toothbrushes.

REPLAY OF CUP WINNERS' CUP FINAL

Nobody expected to play again on Friday.

And now Hoeneß almost has a free path.

He's gotta go alone, nobody's with him.

Hoeness executes and scores.

On the Friday we just

crushed Atletico Madrid. We won 4-0.

An almost hopelessly beaten team

became the superior team

thanks to goals from Uli Hoeneß,

and that led to three more goals.

The greatest trophy that can be won

is now claimed by German champions

FC Bayern from Munich.

That was the launch for us winning the

Cup Winners' Cup three times in a row.

MAY 28, 1975 - CUP WINNERS' CUP

LEEDS UNITED VS. FC BAYERN

MAY 12, 1976 - CUP WINNERS' CUP

FC BAYERN VS. SAINT-ÉTIENNE

Hi! Choupo-Moting!

I have a meeting. Thanks.

Enjoy your breakfast.

- Shall I clear the tables for you?

No, thanks.

We wanted to talk with you briefly

about the situation

and let you know that we absolutely want

to keep you here at the club.

We'll have to talk

about the duration of your new contract.

We've seen the part you play

in the team.

Especially towards the end,

when you played,

you took your chances …

So it makes sense

not only for that reason

but also because you're

an asset to our team.

I may not be a big scorer

or finisher like Lewandowski,

but every game I go in.

And I tell myself

that I want to perform well,

I want to help the team,

and if possible score a goal

or provide an assist.

But I see myself as a team player.

- We talked after the Leipzig game.

Yeah?

- It was really about your performance.

For us the first half was flawless!

Getting thrown into the game

and the way you handled it.

That was good, really good.

For all the new players

like Choupo, Leroy,

Marc Roca, Sarr, Tanguy,

and of course everyone else too,

we want to win the league.

You don't win titles by cutting costs,

you win titles by making more money.

That's the bottom line, and that doesn't

only apply to professional sports.

I would say

the same thing is true of any industry.

Of course we do acquisitions.

Cold calls too.

We always watch the market closely.

Sounds great!

We used the treble

and then the recent "sextuple"

to establish FC Bayern as a strong brand

looking for new partners.

And here it is. Let's take a look.

A lot of people think that we have

potential partners lined up and waiting.

No, our partners have to be

a good fit for us.

We too have to save,

and that's what we are doing in fact.

We're not really flush with cash,

and our savings account is melting away.

Take field number one, for example.

The privacy screen Pep Guardiola wanted.

Do we get an electrical solution?

Or a manual solution? Sounds trivial,

but it's 150,000 euro difference.

Just half a yard more.

Let me try it from this side.

Now every time we have a

training session without spectators,

our staff have to close the curtains.

It's cheaper, because our staff

are there anyway.

So drawing the curtains

has saved 150,000 euros.

Thanks for saving all that money.

We have to be attractive.

We have to be attractive to our fans,

to our partners, to sponsors,

and thus increase our income, rather

than me rationing cookies and water.

These are the things that

we've been doing very well lately.

Seeing the spaces, then getting in them

or switching positions.

Today,

even before the third-last matchday,

we can close it down.

I want professionals out there,

ready to win the next three points.

We're here to win,

we're here to get the job done. Okay?

First take out the crates of beer.

The champagne is in the laundry crate.

We only take one crate of beer for us.

Good afternoon and welcome to Mainz,

welcome to a potentially historic

Bundesliga afternoon.

Bayern Munich, they have

a clear mission here today

to win the 9th title in succession.

Goal! What was that?

Jonathan Burkhardt takes a shot

after not even three minutes

and Manuel Neuer doesn't look

too good in that situation.

Gets the cross into the center …

Oh dear, and here is a header,

nearly an own goal there.

I don't believe this! What is he doing?

With a ten-point lead and four more

games, you think, "What can go wrong"?

Good free kick position,

and maybe another risky situation

for Manuel Neuer.

Far too many mistakes.

Much, much, much too many mistakes here.

2-1 the victory for Mainz.

The Bayern players have to be

disappointed as Bayern Munich fail.

We just weren't good today.

We didn't have any opportunities.

Guys, that was

the worst performance I've seen so far.

Now it's time to get to work.

Up until now it's only been idle banter.

We will meet up with the new coach.

And we'll have a conversation with him.

There are so many things

we need to discuss,

and views to exchange in advance.

When is the game tonight? It's at

eight, right? We could watch together.

He wants to watch completely focused,

as that's our next opponent.

That's great! He can give us

his impressions right away.

Absolutely.

I guess it must be somewhere over there.

He's waiting at the door?

- That's what he said.

He looks like a schoolboy.