Kovac represents Kovac: "Glad to have such a brother"

Munich –

Kovac gave clear instructions, improved or encouraged the stars of Bayern. For more than two hours, the Croats sweated the Munich troupe in the morning, then the lunch hour.

Also for Robert Kovac, who represented the brother and the head coach, who stopped in this unit. For years, the Kovac brothers are a coaching team. After the playoffs of the Croatian under-21 team and the senior national team, whose success in the World Cup is very cheerful, the Red Winners Eintracht Frankfurt are back to Bayern. Together again.

"He has a lot of advantages, we know each other very well and we grew up together, I know his strengths and his weaknesses, and he means, the older we are, the better our relationship. To have such a brother, "said Robert Kovac, 44, about two years older than Niko." We think the same way about football and have similar ideas. In the end, my brother is the head coach: he decides and has the last word. "

For ten days, the Kovac brothers, who had two joint years in Munich, run the Säbener Straße as coaches, and one thing is already clear: it's a challenging XXL preparation. The whole Bavarian more than it was the case in two summers under Carlo Ancelotti.As a rule, professionals work twice a day, less than two hours do not end in unity.

"Preparation is a difficult time," Martínez said, "In this period, it is normal that we walk a lot, work a lot, train a lot." But how much? "We have a lot of quality, we have of character, we are a winning team. The only thing we need is power, "said Rafinha, who played on Thursday, as did Arturo Vidal, who is back after knee surgery.

The master's preparation work illustrates why World Cup participants are not present during the trip to the United States on July 23. Two days later, they have to prepare the bases of the training camp on the Tegernsee after their return from vacation August 2-9 will be the most important preparatory step of the new season

Alaba started training as the first national player to be used in the summer. Austrian finished the performance diagnosis Thursday, Corentin Tolisso, who is in the World Cup final with France, will be the last to return to work in August "When the others join us, we try to play tactically", said Robert Ko vac on the club's television. "We are trying to use the time to give a lot of things to the player.Here up, it's going very well."

The coaching staff will soon be completed by Peter Hermann, the confidant of long time Heynckes. The 66 year old man has already said goodbye to the pension, but he comes back after all. Niko Kovac and Hermann met at Bayern Leverkusen in the late 1990s. "For private reasons, he is only on 1.9 hit," said Bayern head coach, who counts in all on a constant support staff. It was different in the past: Ancelotti or his predecessor Pep Guardiola, on the other hand, had a lot of their own confidants around. (dpa)