Rummenigge calls for calm after loss
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March 4, 2011, Friday
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"KEEP calm and carry on," was the message from Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge yesterday after a shock German Cup defeat left the club surveying the wreckage of its domestic season.
Last season's double winners were dumped out of the German Cup with a 0-1 home defeat by Schalke 04 on Wednesday with Spaniard Raul scoring the sole goal. Schalke, 10th in the Bundesliga, will face second division Duisburg in Berlin in May after reaching the final for the first time since 2005.
While it is still alive in the Champions League, its only domestic target is now second place and automatic qualification for next season's competition, making Saturday's trip to face third-placed Hanover 96 a vital game.
"It is extremely important that we remain calm despite the bitter disappointment and the emotions we may be feeling at the moment," Rummenigge said on the club website yesterday. Bayern is 16 points behind leader Borussia Dortmund.
"We just have to swallow these results and move on. We have no choice. What is important is that we beat Hanover first and take it from there," Rummenigge said.
Bayern coach Louis van Gaal, who has had his share of run-ins with club bosses this season, knows any slip-up against Hanover could prove costly for his team as well as his own job prospects. At least Van Gaal will have a full squad to pick from for the game at Hanover, one of only a handful of occasions this season he has had that luxury.
Last season's double winners were dumped out of the German Cup with a 0-1 home defeat by Schalke 04 on Wednesday with Spaniard Raul scoring the sole goal. Schalke, 10th in the Bundesliga, will face second division Duisburg in Berlin in May after reaching the final for the first time since 2005.
While it is still alive in the Champions League, its only domestic target is now second place and automatic qualification for next season's competition, making Saturday's trip to face third-placed Hanover 96 a vital game.
"It is extremely important that we remain calm despite the bitter disappointment and the emotions we may be feeling at the moment," Rummenigge said on the club website yesterday. Bayern is 16 points behind leader Borussia Dortmund.
"We just have to swallow these results and move on. We have no choice. What is important is that we beat Hanover first and take it from there," Rummenigge said.
Bayern coach Louis van Gaal, who has had his share of run-ins with club bosses this season, knows any slip-up against Hanover could prove costly for his team as well as his own job prospects. At least Van Gaal will have a full squad to pick from for the game at Hanover, one of only a handful of occasions this season he has had that luxury.
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