Today's Bayern Munich has little to do with that Bayern of the early 2000s, in which Kahn, Effenberg and company used to warm up the great European events with arrogant and, in part, contemptuous statements towards their rival. The Hansi Flick set is the opposite, a team aware of its virtues, but at the same time humble and always respectful of the opponent. The problem is that old glories they are still in the orbit of the club and now, in search of lost prominence, they heat up the games in the German press.
The Barça-Bayern preview is having a clear winner in this discipline: Lothar Matthäus, former captain of the five-time champion of Europe and of the German team, had already made it clear when the pairing was known that the culé team had nothing to do against Bayern. A day later he returned to the media load, this time making a comparison that will leave more than one speechless. In Bild he said: “Messi faces his successor as the best player in the world: Robert Lewandowski. He is the best player, not just the best forward. “
It did not end there. Matthäus, a regular on the Federal Republic's journalistic scene, once again made it clear that, from his point of view, Barcelona no longer has anything to do with the team that dominated Europe in its day. “The Barça of today is no longer the one of before“explained the 59-year-old German legend.” They have Messi, of course. A player like him is always capable of genius. But he alone will not be enough against this Bayern. Barcelona doesn't scare me, “concluded Lothar.