FC Bayern – Pep Guardiola’s thousand ideas – Süddeutsche.de

• In the training camp in Qatar tries to get hold Pep Guardiola the Aufregeung as small as possible to his departure in the summer.
• Because there were no friendlies and no additional travel, the Bayern coach for the first time really satisfied with a winter training camp.
• Its great goal is to win the Champions League. He finds, however, that his team is not ready for it.

From Benedict Warmbrunn, Doha

In defense of the numbers must be quoted in advance that they create order that they name things that they sometimes even produce identification. The one, for example, the first title of Pep Guardiola with Bayern So, was the European Supercup, only the equalizing in the last minute of extra time, then won a penalty shootout, and so was early faith in the team and the club since that they can also be successful with this coach. This was followed by two German championships so far, a Cup victory, a World Cup, five titles so that will always stand for Guardiola’s years in Munich, and it must not indeed have been the last. Or, Pep Guardiola?

“titles are numbers,” said Guardiola, “and numbers are boring.”

The last evening of the training camp of FC Bayern in Doha, the deep black Qatari night has enveloped the Aspire Academy, from the terrace of the hotel team sounds Plingen of ping-pong balls across. There were harmonious days, there was no dispute, there was no significant injury, and a subject that was there was the euphoric zest of all parties before the upcoming second round. Only those who had applied this theme, it has once again an unconventional perspective. Championship, Cup, Champions League, “at the end are the only numbers,” said Pep Guardiola, “football thrives on emotion.”

Guardiola talks as if he had endless time in Munich

After the second round of the coach will leave Bayern, then in three years he will have added some numbers the club chronicle of the club, and also one or the other emotion. “I was sad when I heard that he is going,” says Arjen Robben. “He’s one of the best coaches I’ve ever had,” says Xabi Alonso. He hoped captain Philipp Lahm says that Guardiola’s time in Munich “more successful” become what actually League’s only possible by winning the Champions. But Guardiola talks continue as if nothing had changed. As if this preparation is only one of many other attempts. As if he still had endless time in Munich.

“I think,” he said on Monday evening, “we are not yet ready to win the Champions League at the moment. We still need a” Guardiola snaps with your fingers. “step forward”

Bayern Thomas Müller – the upper Bayer

The Pfiffikus from Pähl has assumed more responsibility at Bayern – and like very in this new role.

Who falls observed the coach in the days in Doha, the quickly that this works as meticulously as always at this next flick. His sixth training camp as Bayern coach Guardiola should anyway have been the favorite, he could focus entirely on the team, to focus himself and his thousand ideas. In the first training camp on Lake Garda him the atmosphere was too much like a vacation home, to the audience, in the summers after that he was always on the road, could not seriously train almost.