Coach invested up to shouting the names of his players while sleeping, Julian Nagelsman won in a few months at Bayern Munich, who are once again dreaming of continental glory before facing Salzburg on Wednesday in the knockout stages of the Champions League (9:00 p.m.).
“It’s amazing, the speed with which he integrated, the speed with which he convinced the team of his philosophy“, incensed him Oliver Kahnboss of Bayern, who is full of praise for his young coach (34 years old), who arrived in Bavaria in August.
The prodigious technician, who passed through Hoffenheim then Leipzig, is preparing to live his first European knockout match on Wednesday evening on the Bayern bench.
In 2020, he led Leipzig to the semi-finals of the Champions League (3-0 defeat against Paris SG). At the time, it was a feat for him. In Munich, he knows, his leaders will judge him on his ability to win the premier competition.
For now, he is admired by all. Even the formidable Uli Hoeness, still honorary president of the club, weaves laurels for him: “It almost looks like he’s been with us for ten years. He made several players progress“, he enthuses.
Succeeding Hansi Flick could yet seem like an insurmountable challenge. Didn’t the current German coach write one of the most beautiful pages of the Bavarian legend? Seven trophies in eighteen months, including the club’s sixth Champions League, the jewel of a sixfold history in 2020, with the Championship, the German Cup, the German and UEFA Super Cups, and the Cup of the club world.
