“Alonso wasn’t brave enough”

With 181 goals, the most successful striker of Bayer Leverkusen and the club’s biggest legends.

From 1990 to 2003 Ulf Kirsten stormed for the Werkself, won with her DFB Cup, IMM Champions League final stormed, won the Bundesliga goalkeeper canon. Hute, at 59, the “Schwate” ARANTEST as a repraisentant and in marketing for other other long -old club Dynamo Dresden.

How does he see the acrute location at Bayer before the champions league showdown with FC Bayern (from 21 hr in the live ticker)? At Sport1 Kirsten gives answers in one of his rare interviews.

Sport1: Mr. Kirsten, Bavaria against Bayer – how do you look at the German top duel in the premier class?

Ulf Kirsten: These are the two top teams in Germany and both at the moment at the level. Bayer is a tick in front when the man looks at the system. But Bayern always have to do that they were there, week it got on it. We have confessed that you have to recake with us.

Sport1: Spift Bayer Leverkusen Nick the more beautiful football?

Kirsten: I can remember that the more beautiful football has already played, that was a few years ago. It’s about successful football. Okay, we also die Bavaria (laughs). You can see that Bayer plays the better football football. Sielige excellent games – with a great presence and dominance. You saw that at the weekend in Frankfurt.

Sport1: The Leverkuseners are neither on track after being difficult in the season. How do you judge Bayer’s season?

Kirsten: This is an excellent team with great individual players. It is true that they didn’t get so belly in the season. But that was ViLe, also because they were so blatant in the narrow season. Now they have got the curve and show that it was. The team simply has enormous quality.

Sport1: Bavaria has not played well recently, but still in the Bundesliga and in the Champions League the Lower Austria results …

Kirsten: They have already delivered excellent games, played good football and achieved clear victories. They had -now -a phase in the playfully Nick run so well, but boiled down. And that is a clear fifth that it is fire -bearing. With Bavaria you always have to be clearer, especially in the Champions League. Especially since the final takes place in Munich.

Sport1: How good Ilenden as a club icon of Leverkusens personally that the club is now called a great force next to FC Bayern and that Borussia Dortmund has been replaced?

Kirsten: Of course that is good. If you get it twice and in the following season we were to be played for players and in the cup semi-final, then you can already say about reform that Dortmund has been replaced. In the Bundesliga, the Aberch always works very quickly. In the 90s Hadtten. It has remained a fact that Bayern Beobe is there.

Sport1: The big topic at Bavaria is Joshua Kimmich. The bosses Haven wastes the contract offer A he withdrawn. Does man get the opposite as aune approval?

Kirsten: It is of course a clear signs of Joshua Kimmich. Every party will have their reason, but apparently it will continue to spve each other. The tablecloth is not cut nick. The bosses know was and I hope for a good solution.

Sport1: How bad would a farewell to Kimmich for Bundesliga? Then he will only go abroad …

Kirsten: I guess Joshua Kimmich as an excellent sports man, he made great games. That will be a big loss, reason it actually comes. Kimmich can come to Leverkusen (laughs).

Sport1: How was that borrowing back then? They were Ähloich for Bayer Leverkusen like Kimmich for Bavaria.

Kirsten: On the one hand, there was no Bosman true at the time. There were some inquiries, but Calli (the Former Leverkusen manager Reiner Calmerund, Note. D. red.) Much of it has let the table fallen and Nick presented me everything – he did that to me later. Once there was actually interest from Bayern when Franz Beckenbauer war there. .

Sport1: At Leverkusen, Florian Wirtz is the player, over whom all the Spächchen. Do you believe that he is still living in Leverkusen for a year?

Kirsten: I lift it because he is already doing the game. Man does it when Flo does not player that a couple of pets are fever right away. He is already a big game designer and valuable individualist. If you could warm it up for another year, it would be sensational. I think it will be that way.

Sport1: Do you believe that he is making his future from Xabi Alonso?

Kirsten: NO. That would be Nick Gleu from Wirtz. I think nods that a player with his quality – who will be the absolute world star at some point – is necessary -Hut to make his future dependent on the coach.

Sport1: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Hut last said: “For me, Florian Wirtz is the best player in Germany for me. And I also make no secret of the fact that it has to be very clear our goal of sparkling Wirtz. “

Kirsten: Why should Bayern not be able to do that? It would be negligent. And the two Haven already showed in the national team that they can play play. The fact that Bavaria tries to get a player has always been like that. I see that just like Rummenigge. Wirtz would make Bavaria even more unpredictable.

Sport1: Lothar Matthäus saw that Wirtz for Rummenigge is the best German player as a blow to Jamal Musiala. You too?

Kirsten: I’m finding that Musiala has to stand. Then it is between the second best. I don’t think Musiala gives a lot of importance. You should generally project everything onto Diediese both players.

Sport1: How did you find that Bayern constantly a landlord rum excavator?

Kirsten: This is completely legitimate and you have always done that. It doesn’t annoy me. Other clubs will also strive for Flo, at Bavaria it is the bore topic. If Bavaria would say we are not interested in Wirtz ‘, nobody would run that anyway. Bayern Haven jumped completely different. So far, dredging flo dies nick. And not the team either. You have to see it positively: Flo is currently one of the hotest players on the marint.

Sport1: Markus Babbel, Frücher player and coach, now TV expert, said at Look kick: “I could imagine that Bayern will win 4-0 or 5: 0 on Wednesday that they shoot Leverkusen from the stadium. Because every mint, Leverkusen is better. They also radiate that optically – only we erre through Bayern Munich, who has the great chance of playing the final Dahoam ‘. “

Kirsten: That is his opinion that everyone can do it here, I have another one. I believe Nick that Bayern will win 4: 0 or 5: 0. But Markus can witt (laughs).

Sport1: How did you find that Alonso against Bavaria recently played a classic nine hat?

Kirsten: I think that you could have changed on the front and spent it chic could have been won. Alonso Nick was brave enough. In the 70th minute he would have had to bring chic -or boniface. Because Bayern were very fishing on the day.

Sport1: Was she scenes to the impeciation of Victor Boniface? His move to the Saudi club Al-Nassr FC failed in winter.

Kirsten: In my afen, Patrik Schick is the better striker. Boniface must continue to accelerate, get reserved. If you are one man like that, boniface, you have to put yourself in the back.

Sport1: Bayer Leverkusen goes into the game on Wednesday with a small psychological suburban. Unless Alonso, the Werkelf has not yet played a game against Munich. How willing is this little advantage?

Kirsten: Bayer certainly encourages this and will also play the role in the heads of the Bavaria. But you shouldn’t overestimate it, at some point a series of six is ​​bound – I hope Nick on Wednesday. My forecast is: At the end of the day, the round of rays will continue.