Kaiser writes off Bayern's chances
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October 14, 2010, Thursday
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FRANZ Beckenbauer has all but written off Bayern Munich's chances of defending the Bundesliga title.
The honorary president of the German powerhouse says Bayern "can hardly win the championship" now that the club has fallen 13 points behind leader Mainz and sits 12th after seven rounds.
Bayern won the domestic double last season and reached the Champions League final. But injuries to key players Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery and more recently Bastian Schweinsteiger have contributed to the club's dismal start.
"Bayern can hardly win the championship any longer. But we can still finish between the top three and five," Beckenbauer told Sport-Bild weekly yesterday. "We have to make sure that the gap doesn't get bigger by the winter break."
Beckenbauer also blasted Bayern's possession-based style under coach Louis van Gaal, whose contract was recently extended by one season. "If you have possession, you should make something out of it," Beckenbauer said. "Just pushing the ball around and playing it back to the goalkeeper is surely not the idea of possession."
Elsewhere, VfB Stuttgart has axed coach Christian Gross after its worst start to a Bundesliga season has left it bottom of the table. Assistant coach Jens Keller has been given charge until the end of the season.
The honorary president of the German powerhouse says Bayern "can hardly win the championship" now that the club has fallen 13 points behind leader Mainz and sits 12th after seven rounds.
Bayern won the domestic double last season and reached the Champions League final. But injuries to key players Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery and more recently Bastian Schweinsteiger have contributed to the club's dismal start.
"Bayern can hardly win the championship any longer. But we can still finish between the top three and five," Beckenbauer told Sport-Bild weekly yesterday. "We have to make sure that the gap doesn't get bigger by the winter break."
Beckenbauer also blasted Bayern's possession-based style under coach Louis van Gaal, whose contract was recently extended by one season. "If you have possession, you should make something out of it," Beckenbauer said. "Just pushing the ball around and playing it back to the goalkeeper is surely not the idea of possession."
Elsewhere, VfB Stuttgart has axed coach Christian Gross after its worst start to a Bundesliga season has left it bottom of the table. Assistant coach Jens Keller has been given charge until the end of the season.
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