Bayern Munich ended their training camp in southern Bavaria by scoring 20 goals against local minnows Rottach-Egern, with Kingsley Coman, Robert Lewandowski, Sandro Wagner and youngster Maximilian Franzke all scoring a hat trick in the 20-2 win.
Head coach Niko Kovac fielded 22 players, but wantaway defender Jerome Boateng did not feature because of what sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic claimed were “problems with his patella tendon.”
Ten different players scored, with 13 goals scored after half-time in the rout, held four days before Bayern face Eintracht Frankfurt in the DFB Supercup.
James Rodriguez made his first appearance in preseason following thigh problems, but Boateng sat out amid reports he is edging closer to a transfer to Paris Saint-Germain.
Under contract at Bayern until 2021, Boateng is set to leave the German champions after seven years. On Tuesday, he reportedly rejected a moveto Manchester United, informing manager Jose Mourinho on the phone.
Salihamidzic, who has acted defensive throughout the ongoing transfer saga, however, did not want to comment on or confirm the phone call.
“I don’t know anything about this,” Salihamidzic told reporters. “Nobody talked to me.”
Meanwhile, Bild reported on Thursday that Boateng’s agent, former Bayern sporting director Christian Nerlinger, is set for another round of negotiations with PSG sporting director Antero Henrique.
Bayern Munich reportedly are demanding a transfer fee in the €50 million region for the defender, who has struggled with injuries in recent seasons.
Bayern is one of three professional football clubs in Munich. Bayern’s main local rival is 1860 Munich, who was the more successful club in the 1960s, winning a cup and a championship. In the 1970s and 1980s, 1860 Munich moved between the first and the third division.
The Munich derby is still a much-anticipated event, getting a lot of extra attention from supporters of both clubs. 1860 Munich is considered more working-class, and therefore suffers from a diminishing fan base in a city where the manufacturing sector is declining.
Bayern is considered the establishment club, which is reflected by many board members being business leaders and including the former Bavarian minister president, Edmund Stoiber. Despite the rivalry, Bayern has repeatedly supported 1860 in times of financial disarray.
Since the 1920s, 1. FC Nürnberg has been Bayern’s main and traditional rival in Bavaria. Philipp Lahm said that playing Nürnberg is “always special” and is a “heated atmosphere”.
Both clubs played in the same league in the mid-1920s, but in the 1920s and 1930s, Nürnberg was far more successful, winning five championships in the 1920s, making the club Germany’s record champion. Bayern took over the title more than sixty years later, when they won their tenth championship in 1987, thereby surpassing the number of championships won by Nürnberg.
The duel between Bayern and Nürnberg is often referred to as the Bavarian Derby.
Bayern also enjoys a strong rivalry with the 1. FC Kaiserslautern, originating in parts from a game in 1973, when Bayern lost 7–4 after leading 4–1, but also from the two clubs competing for German championship honours at various times in the Bundesliga as well as the city of Kaiserslautern together with the surrounding Palatinate having been part of Bavaria until a plebiscite after the end of the Second World War.
Bayern Munich won 2–1 against Borussia Dortmund to win the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League on 25 May 2013
Since the 1970s, Bayern’s main rivals have been the clubs who put up the strongest fight against its national dominance.
In the 1970s this was Borussia Mönchengladbach, in the 1980s the category expanded to include Hamburger SV. In the 1990s, Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen emerged as the most ardent opponents. Recently Borussia.
Dortmund, Schalke,and Werder Bremen have been the main challengers in the Bundesliga. Recently, Bayern’s main Bundesliga challenger has been Borussia Dortmund.
Bayern and Dortmund have competed against each other for many Bundesliga titles. They also have played against each other in the DFB-Pokal final in 2008, 2012, 2014, and 2016. The 2–5 loss against Dortmund in the 2012 final was Bayern’s worst ever loss in a DFB-Pokal final.
Bayern and Dortmund have also played against each other in the DFL-Supercup in 1989, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017. The height of the competition between the two clubs was when Bayern defeated Dortmund 2–1 in the final of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.
Amongst Bayern’s chief European rivals are Real Madrid, A.C. Milan,and Manchester United due to many classic wins, draws and losses.Real Madrid versus Bayern is the match that has historically been played most often in the Champions League/European Cup with 24 matches. Real’s biggest loss at home in the Champions League came at the hands of Bayern on 29 February 2000 (2–4).
Due to Bayern being traditionally hard to beat for Madrid, Madrid supporters often refer to Bayern as the “Bestia negra” (“Black Beast”). Despite the number of duels, Bayern and Real have never met in the final of a Champions League or European Cup.