Bayern Muenchen Set the Target for Champions League

DBasia.news – Winning the Bundesliga for six consecutive times stated the fact of Bayern Munchen dominance in Germany. Just like Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in France, the competition in Germany is boring hence the single dominance.

Usually, when the league becomes boring with uneven competition, teams like Bayern will get the consequence when playing in the Champions League. Against the Europe teams with different characters from Germany clubs, Germany faced the difficulty to keep the competitiveness in Europe League due to uneven competition.

It is proved, since winning the Champions League in 2013 by defeating the Germany team Borussia Dortmund, Bayern never gained that again. In 2014-2016 under Pep Guardiola, Bayern’s highest achievement is just the semifinal.

The same thing happened two past years under coach Carlo Ancelotti and Jupp Heynckes. Got defeated in the quarter-final of 2016/2017 season, Bayern’s journey last season was stuck in the semifinal against Madrid who won their 13th Champions League titles.

Hence, Bayern should set the target to win the Champions League title as the priority above the Bundesliga. Real Madrid loan attacking midfielder, James Rodriguez, has the same opinion.

“The ​Champions League is a very difficult competition but a club like Bayern Munich must be looking to win it. No matter who the opponent is, we always have to play for the victory. We always have to try to be successful,” Rodriguez said in Bundesliga’s official website.

In the 2017-2018 season, James helped Bayern to win the Bundesliga by his 7 goals and 11 assists. The Colombian player is now entering his second season as the loan player from Madrid in Bayern.

Heynckes is no longer coaching the club, replaced by their former player who coached Eintracht Frankfurt last season, Niko Kovac.