Monday, April 11, 2011

3rd in danger: For Rummenigge van Gaal's eviction without alternative

His first appearance at the Säbener street was, well, getting used to. Louis van Gaal was sitting on a podium, he pushed through his back, and then he said: "Mia san mia, and I'm me. Self-confident, arrogant, honest, innovative. But also warm and familiar. This culture fits me like a warm coat. "But when separated Bayern Munich Sunday morning from the idiosyncratic Dutch, fit this jacket not long ago.

He pinched, he pinched, he had gotten holes. After the 1-1 in Nuremberg and slipping to fourth place in the Bundesliga table was on the authority of Hoeness "gone over the barrel." The Bayern Munich president criticized van Gaal violently. Fun team and club were long gone. Also backing the team did not have the coach.

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge described the leave of absence as "no alternative". The CEO has great songs on successor Andries Jonker. "We wanted a man who knows the situation. He made a remarkable inaugural speech to the team, "said Rummenigge. Jonker remain five games until the end of the season, takes over Jupp Heynckes.

Jonker will be amateur trainer. Since 7 March Louis van Gaal was already only a trainer on call, a "lame duck", as they say in America. At the end of the season should be an end to the lame duck, the leaders decided that time, the contract extended only a few months earlier in 2012 has been changed.

But even on this Monday, two days after the 1-3 at Hannover 96, had been clear: Van Gaal is therefore still coach of FC Bayern, because no other available on the fly from anybody was. For the new season only comes Jupp Heynckes (currently Bayer Leverkusen). At the end failed van Gaal, last summer, nor the highly acclaimed "Celebration Beast", also in a decision which embodied his thoughts.

In the winter break, he took me nothing, nothing you into the solid Jörg Butt out of the gate and stood there, Thomas Kraft. A change of necessity, but van Gaal, who sees himself as a supporter of the youth would probably also prove that at Bayern but a word count in sporting things: his.

In Munich but is not good. There they say: Mia san mia. Not: I'm me. "Louis van Gaal has certainly made mistakes," Franz Beckenbauer said earlier in March, as was counseled after the defeat in Hanover to replace the Dutchman. "But," added the "Kaiser", "He has already shown that he is a great coach." It was van Gaal in his first season with the championship, the cup victory and reaching the final of the Champions League, in fact, .

But already there was not all that great, as it wanted to believe in Munich. Van Gaal had Bayern ordered a game system that is focused on ball possession and offensive. In the first season that was still good - but no later than the final of the Champions League, which was lost 0-2 against Inter Milan, it became clear that Van Gaal wants to or can not do anything other than the Plan A, he has spent too stubbornly follow through.

Anyone who sees through his system, who mainly Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben takes from the game has, surprisingly easy game. A plan B van Gaal has not. As a kind of self-proclaimed world expert of football these inventors van Gaal also with the actors from the executive suite. There are people who ascribe at least as much expertise as the coach, they get.

You want to have very happy, they want their advice to be heard - please do not vice versa. When Van Gaal beginning of October 2010 presenting his biography, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Uli Hoeness sit in the front row and hear the coaches say: ". It is important for you to read the" It is the phase in which the first cracks .

appear A few weeks later, in late October, Hoeness called the coach "impervious to advice." Van Gaal is shocked, but he makes a decision, do not conflict with the downgrading of file. Butt force for the separation of captain Mark van Bommel, Bastian Schweinsteiger from castling and Thomas Mueller on items not comfortable with that, the constant change in defense - all tactical decisions that are at least worthy of discussion.

In the end, van Gaal is also the slip force of Thomas's 1-1 in Nuremberg to the disaster. "People" says the coach to "People make mistakes." As he said this on Saturday afternoon, has a van Gaal frustrated. Perhaps because he is aware of: I too have made a mistake. But only maybe.

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