According to Uli Hoeneß, “ten percent” is the probability that Jupp Heynckes will stay with FC Bayern for another year. The latter describes all efforts as a “waste of effort born out of love”. What alternatives does FC Bayern have for the remaining 90%? We’re running through some scenarios. First of all, there is the […]

While international football relentlessly enhances its structures, FC Bayern invokes its inner strengths. Could that lead to disaster for the club? The sleeping giant has awoken and now threatens to put everything that can’t keep up in its shadow. After more than half a century of confused wastefulness, the Premier League – almost at the […]

Things are hectic at Säbener Straße. Tuchel, Enrique, Van Gaal, even Scholl was mentioned briefly. Now it’s Jupp Heynckes in charge for the fourth time. The right decision? In the last few weeks, Bayern have been lacking almost everything. Tactical structure, but also the “Mia san mia” that is so eagerly evoked. So now Jupp […]

DFB Cup. Dortmund, yet again – like every year. Another dramatic game – like every year. In the end, the team in black and yellow moved on to the cup final in Berlin, like 2015. Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso won’t be able to finish off their careers with the DFB Cup trophy. And all […]

On Sunday our team is facing the main competitor of the season. The game at Signal Iduna Park will be the first matchup vs. Borussia Dortmund. Both teams are the clear favourites for the upcoming season in Germany and will compete for the DFL-Supercup. The final itself is not that prestigious, but can be seen […]

Innovations in football are rare. Particularly if one sets the definition narrow. Of course there are always new things. Tactical processes are redefined, as well as aspects of the training methodology or football psychology. But strategic innovation in the field is rare. Colleague Marco Henseling spoke with Spox in the summer of 2012 of postmodernism; […]

The last game of the season will also be Pep Guardiola’s final game on the Bayern bench. We follow up our series about Bayern’s DFB cup history against Borussia Dortmund (part one, two, three) with our first “original production” roundtable. We are proud to have four Miasanrot.com authors at the table with the seasoned “war […]

The situation before the game between the league leader and the runner-up was clear. If Dortmund wins, the race for the league title will be wide open again. If Bayern wins, the championship probably will be decided. Consequently the tension was high before the game. After the unlucky but in retrospective deserved 1:2 home loss […]