FC Bayern Munich: Documentary director speaks about Goretzka swipe against PSG
FC Bayern Munich had to cancel the sails in the Champions League against PSG in 2020/21. Now voices came from the FCB cabin.
Simon Verhoeven, director of the Documentation “FC Bayern – Behind the Legend”, gave insights into his work during his time with the German record champions. Verhoeven had Bayern from summer 2020 to Accompanied at the end of the 2020/2021 season.
The saddest moment of these 100 days of shooting was the elimination of Bayern in the quarter-finals of the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain. This stirred up the team, Verhoeven explained in an interview with Sport1. Munich had lost the first leg at the Allianz Arena 3-2, but won the second leg 1-0.
In the end, due to the away goals rule, it was not enough to advance, PSG made it to the semi-finals.
After Bayern-Aus against PSG: Goretzka with a swipe against Paris
“The constant time lag, the shrewdness of the Parisians went too far for the coach and the team. The game itself, football, still has a certain honesty, it’s still like in the B-youth, despite all the millions. That was but not given in the Paris second leg, “said the director. “There was a terrible atmosphere in the dressing room. Anger. Sadness. Goretzka said: ‘Today I’m proud not to be on the winners’ side.” “
Overall, Verhoeven draws a positive conclusion from this time. “For me it was particularly nice to see that things are not so different than in an A-youth. People are messing around, the players push each other,” said the director. “The team spirit is also impressive. Many of them get along not only on the pitch, but also privately.”
At first, Hansi Flick was not particularly open-minded towards the shooting team. “You won’t come into the dressing room,” he said to Verhoeven at the beginning. “At some point, however, he realized that we weren’t those investigative journalists or tabloid photographers who were annoying and looking for headlines all the time. Then he began to trust us.”