HEYNCKES CURSES LUCK

Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes has said that he is extremely unlucky to have lost Bastian Schweinsteiger at this important stage of the season. Bastian Schweinsteiger is regarded as one of the important members of the Bayern Munich squad. Despite the presence of players like Frank Ribery and Arjen Robben, it is quite clear that coach Jupp Heynckes regards Bastian Schweinsteiger to be of much greater influence on the first team. This is because Bastian Schweinsteiger is a player who is present at most of the times unlike Arjen Robben or Franck Ribery, who sustain a number a injury problems throughout the campaign.

Bayern Munich were extremely good during the early part of the campaign. It looked like they would be capable of flying away with the league. However, since then the form has dropped down, and they are currently in the third position in the Bundesliga. Even more depressing is the fact that leaders Borussia Dortmund do not seem like dropping points anytime soon. As a result, they currently have a four point advantage over Bayern Munich in the table. One of the main reasons for Bayern Munich not being competitive as they were during the early part of the campaign is the lack of Bastian Schweinsteiger in the first-team according to coach Jupp Heynckes.

“For me, Bastian plays in the same league as Xavi, as Iniesta and Sergio Busquets. He’s a strategist, he’s the brains of the team and it’s not been so easy without him in the last games. The criticism is justified and we have to respect it. But I’m convinced that on Wednesday we can produce a good performance. We haven’t yet played convincingly in 2012. We must not underestimate Basle,” said Heynckes. Bayern Munich could only draw the most recent match in the Bundesliga against Freiburg.