The BavariaStars took the game cancellation in stride!
Because of the snow chaos in Munich, the event originally planned for Saturday (3:30 p.m.) had to take place Bundesliga home game against Union Berlin will be canceled ( The catch-up date is still open – according to BILD information, probably at the end of January).
The safety risk due to roof avalanches at the Allianz Arena was too great. The traffic chaos would have been too great because local public transport was stopped. It was too uncertain whether enough stewards and staff would have come to the stadium.
Müller in the middle of snow chaos “I don’t know why the game stopped”
So Union drove back home to Berlin on Saturday. It was also clear that the game would not be rescheduled for Sunday or Monday. There is currently too much snow in Munich for that.
Not even the training grounds on Säbener Straße can be used by the German record champions. There is still a thick blanket of snow on the five grass pitches. Because of this, no unit could take place on Sunday. So there has been no training since Saturday.
The FC Bayern training grounds on Säbener Straße were still so snowy on Sunday morning
And what did the Bayern stars do with their Saturday off?
Despite the snow chaos and the police announcement that people should stay at home, they had a lot of fun – especially Thomas Müller (34) and Leon Goretzka (28)!
While Müller posted Instagram videos of shoveling snow at his horse stud farm “Gut Wettlkam” (in Otterfing, 30 km south of Munich), with stallion D’avie and racing with dog Murmel, Goretzka surprised his followers in his pajamas.
The national player first gave the thumbs up, then he trudged barefoot in his wine-red pajamas through the 50 centimeters of snow in the garden of his house.
Bayern star against the snow It’s so fun to defy the winter
The midfield star sprinkled table salt onto the snow masses with a salt shaker. Of course that didn’t help, but it was great fun – but it wasn’t just meant to be funny!
The national player also drew attention to the following in his Instagram story: “Please avoid cooking and road salt, there are now many alternatives.”
True! For example, grit, sawdust or grit. These do not cause as much damage to plants, animals and soil.
Goretzka’s snow fun also had a serious background!