Blick experts defend the summer after criticism of Hamann

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It didn’t take long for TV pundit Didi Hamann (49) to identify the culprit behind Bayern’s defeat at ManCity. “For me, the goalkeeper was hopelessly overwhelmed today,” said Hamann. Is Nati goalie Yann Sommer (34) at the origin of the 0:3 whack in Manchester?

The case is clear for the former German national player. “I don’t care about his saves. That’s what he stands for in goal, that’s what he gets paid for, that he keeps the ball. The goalkeeper has not only made the team restless today, but also in recent weeks.”

Even the scene in which Sommer cleared Kimmich’s hair-raising back pass with his foot just in front of approaching superstar Erling Haaland was also the Swiss’s responsibility, according to Hamann. “You know that a lot has to pass to get a result in Manchester. And then you have a goalkeeper there who almost shoots the ball in after 20 minutes. Then the shaking starts.”

Kubi rejects the height question

The Germans attack after Bayern Sommer’s first leg. Because ex-Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller (42) also says about the long shot to make it 1-0: “These are the centimeters he misses. Manuel Neuer would have kept it.”

It’s the question that has guided Sommer throughout his career. Is he too short for the absolute world top at 1.83 meters? The Champions League game in Manchester reopened the discussion. Especially in Germany. And especially because it is about Bavaria. If the Munich are about to come out in the royal class, it will be a state support affair.

For Blick columnist Kubilay Türkyilmaz, it is an absurd theory that Bayern now have their backs against the wall because of their allegedly too small keeper. Kubi: «This polemic is downright dubious, senseless, stupid even. Yann has been in goal for 15 years and has never been bigger. And do you suddenly find out that he is too small? Please! Bayern wanted and got a top goalkeeper. If they want a really great goalkeeper, they have to get Courtois.”

Babbel: “That’s just Bayern Munich”

However, the ex-Nati striker also comes to the conclusion that Rodri’s shot is not untenable given the City goal. “Certainly: at first glance I also thought it was the few centimeters that were missing,” says Kubi. “But if you look really closely you realize that if Yann had reached out, i.e. grabbed his right arm, he could have gotten the few centimeters that were missing. So it was just one of Yann’s few technical mistakes. Basta.”

It is clear that Sommer is immediately compared to his predecessor Manuel Neuer (37) in situations like this in Manchester, says Blick Kick expert Markus Babbel (50). Neuer’s legacy of ten championship titles, two Champions League triumphs and also the World Cup title with Germany in 2014 is simply enormous.

Babbel: “Yann Sommer is a great goalkeeper who gets the most out of his potential. But Manuel Neuer is the best – he shaped a whole decade at Bayern. When there are goals like that against ManCity, there will always be discussions like this. There Summer has to learn to deal with it, that’s Bayern Munich.”

Source : Blick