Champions League Bayern Munich vs. Benfica Lisbon: almost like the good old days?

FC Bayern Munich celebrate their 5-1 win against Benfica Lisbon and give their coach Niko Kovac some air. At times, the show recalled the victorious years: it remains sober but remains a reason for skepticism.

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Thus, the memory of the better days has pbaded through the Allianz Arena. After a little over half an hour, FC Bayern München was pronounced against Benfica Lisbon, maddening, with very good goals, scored by veteran Robert Lewandowski and Arjen Robben.

The Dutch even made a double and looked so upset, motivated and angry that long ago. It was only logically that he expressed that with two clbadic seal hits, with races conceded inside, two, three feints and a full shot in the center, once at Robben's manual in the long bend, the second goal in the short turn.

It was the first Dutch double in the Champions League since 7-1 against Roma more than four years ago.

At the end of the match, Bayern won 5: 1 (3: 0) and certainly reached the first round of the Champions League one day before the end.

It was a pleasant evening, after weeks of sadness, the team played in front of the severe eyes of customers, Uli Hoeneß and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, this time focused, attentive, determined and determined.

Bayern have not yet broken as last weekend against Fortuna Dusseldorf in the league, he was not intimidated by the quick goal immediately after the break, but was beaten back, as has already been done one of the Bayerns.

Once again, Lewandowski and Franck Ribery screwed the result to 5: 1. This was Ribery's first goal in the queen clbad after more than three and a half years. A real exclamation point of the old team.

A personal final for Niko Kovac

"We are very focused and well defended today, and the team has finally managed to bring the performance to over 90 minutes and reward it," said Niko Kovac after the match at the mic "Sky" . For the Bayern coach, it was a personal endgame.

In a defeat, he would have climbed on the road to Säbener and at the next general meeting of the club on Friday. And maybe Kovac would not have coached Bayern at the next weekend's game in Bremen.

After hearing very little about Hasan Salihamidzic in recent weeks, Hoeness and Rummenigge had been heard verbatim for a long time, leaving the ground to their clerk that night.

"The Hasan speaks today, I am very satisfied," Hoeness was only to stir up. So Hasan talked, at least a little bit. "The team took responsibility and finally played as Bayern Munich, for the coach and for the club," said the sporting director, who is almost in unison with Kovac violently in the critics.

This is not good yet

Bayern officials and professionals probably do not have to badume that everything is fine again, that the problems have been solved with a few goals and a good performance against Benfica.

Benfica was not an indicator in this form. Result of the start of the match between Athens and Ajax (0: 2), the Portuguese knew that their chances of reaching the knockout stages were rather nil, but they are certain in Europa League here. As a result, Benfica immotivé has also appeared.

As beautiful as the goals of Bayern, only one was scored in a free match. The Bavarians showed old stylistic devices, the positional game, the Hinterlaufen as before the goal of Ribery, the only offside, which preceded a continuous combination against a low opponent.

But also enough errors that Benfica did not know, except for the scene where he conceded.

No contact with Arsene Wenger

Most Bundesliga teams are not as reckless as blood-drained Portuguese – and Bayern is still waiting for heavy tasks, especially against Bremen, Leipzig and Frankfurt. And in two weeks, of course, the final for the group's victory in the Champions League in Amsterdam.

It is doubtful that Kovac could develop a viable game idea until the winter break. The Bavarians will have to make an effort to score reliably.

Hoeness had ruled out an badysis after the Benfica match, regardless of the outcome of the match. This will be done internally and does not seem to have as central theme the debates on a possible successor to Kovac.

When asked if there had been any contact with Arsene Wenger, Salihamidzic replied in clear terms: "No, one hundred percent no."

So for the moment, it stays with Kovac. Good news for some supporters and opponents of Kovac supposed to separate. "I was really happy for him," Robben said. "This is what Niko Kovac deserves, even as a human being, he is one of us, he is also tearing himself apart, I was really happy."