Hoeness Was Right / Had I Been in the Bayern President's Place, I Would Have Been Angry Too

Bayern Munich's performance this season is still not flawless. After five Bundesliga rounds, the storied club has yet to top the table and recently dropped valuable points in Augsburg.

According to "Sports Three", many are trying to find the reasons for Bayern Munich's current situation, but 74-year-old Olli Hoenes has already provided a clear answer in an interview with Bild newspaper on Saturday night.

Bayern Munich's 74-year-old honorary president said: "We were the biggest victim of this long competition calendar. Our players returned to training very late and then had to go on vacation. The Bundesliga season started on August 25th and I think UEFA's decision is a disaster, because only four weeks after the start of the league, they took a two-week break. We had 18 players in the national team camp and it is natural that the rhythm of the team's game is lost. Clubs must defend their rights because we pay the players, not the national teams. "Holding meaningless competitions like the League of Nations is the most ridiculous event of the year."

These criticisms against UEFA were the main topic of the Riff Live program with the presence of 76-year-old Marcel Riff on Monday. This football expert fully understands Hoyness's anger: "It seems that all the big clubs had to stop training despite their strong squad. Some of the young players may have had some training, but others were in national camps. It is clear that Bayern have not reached the right rhythm yet. They had almost reached the optimal conditions when that two-week break occurred. To be honest, these two weeks were too long for me, especially after a World Cup. "Maybe we all underestimated this."

According to Hoynes's frank statement, Reif also considers Bayern Munich's future program as one of the main reasons for the current situation: "Oli rightly pointed this out. When Freiburg and Dortmund are ahead of you, this upset makes sense. Add to this the points they have lost." Bayern Munich is currently two points behind Freiburg and Dortmund. In October, face-to-face meetings with these two teams are ahead, as well as difficult games against Leipzig and Arsenal.

However, Reiff supports Hoyness's firm approach: "Beyond this discomfort, there are logical questions. Was it really necessary to hold four national games? Couldn't this number be reduced to three games?" He doesn't worry too much about Bayern Munich's future and believes they will get back into the right rhythm when the time comes, although the current situation is troubling.