I have all the All or Nothings Watched. The Spurs, City and Brazil teams All or Nothing gave us great behind the scenes footage of these clubs and these series were very addictive. So I decided I wanted to watch the one about Bayern Munich next. The documentary takes in the reign of Bayern Munich manager Hansi Flick. It covers two seasons unfortunately during the pandemic but still excellent in their own right.
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The first season under Flick Bayern won everthing. The league, the Champions League, the cup, the World Club Cup. Everything. So the documentary gives you a behind the scenes look at these players and coach and how they went about their business. Bayern is a very organised and focused football club and the documentary follows the executive board as much as it does the players. Hervert Hainer, CEO Oliver Kahn and “Brazzo” Salihamidzic as well as the older guard of Rummiger and Uli Hoeneß feature widely in the documentary and it actually goes back to their playing days.
After Hansi Flick decides to step down as the team manager , the executive board appoint Julian Nagelsmann to the role of team manager.
I found Hansi Flick particularly intriguing. He was softly spoken and well liked by the players but there was something that was off with the relationship between him and the sporting director Brazzo. On researching after it was about transfers. Flick wanted Werner and Havertz. Brazzo got him Sane and Jean-Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting. Hansi also wanted to keep Thiago at the club but Brazzo got rid of him. He is playing for Liverpool now and has turned into one of the worlds best midfielders. You could see a considerable tension between Flick and some of the top brass.
Another thing I noticed is that after the year Flick won everything. They were at the awards and Jurgen Klopp was voted Manager of the Year. You could see Flick was absolutely gutted. What more could the guy do. He won everything. He looked shocked that he didn't win it.
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Flick was rumoured to be connected to the German managers position and he didn't deny the rumours of the link. The German press were having a field day with him and you could see his discomfort. Flick did not like the speaking to the media or press conferences. His favourite place was coaching the players so you could see him visibly irate at all the questions.
The documentary covers all the players as well such as Alaba and Boetang who were being shown the door and were not happy about it. Alaba was a great personality and the players would miss the guy. Muller was the funny man and I found Lewandowski very down to earth actually. There was a great team spirit in the team and the older guard would bring the kids on really well. Kimmich was a live wire. Manual Neuer had a real dry sense of humour. It was excellent to watch.
I was surprised how small the team was actually.
One of my favourite moments was when the French squad announcment for the Euros being watched by the French Bayern players. One of the players Bouna Sarr was worried in case he would not be picked. They watched the live feed on one ipad. The other French players that got called out didn't celebrate until they heard Sarr's name and then they jumped around the place with him. I thought it was great team spirit and a lovely gesture by his teammates.
Overall it was a very good documentary. I am due to watch the All Blacks All or Nothing Next and then maybe the PSG one and there is now a Dortmund one. So many to keep up with. The next "All or Nothing" is due to be Arsenals so I look forward to see this one as well.
But these documentaries are good shows especially for the sports that you are into. I can't get enough of them.