BAYERN MUNICH HAD THE PIECES, HANSI FLICK PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER
Reactionary tactics are excusable when you're the manager of a club with modest ambitions, but as Niko Kovac learned during his 16-month tenure at the Allianz Arena, they're unacceptable when you're Bayern Munich's head coach. The Bavarians are meant to exert their dominance, to rotate and whir as one high-powered, gas-guzzling engine. Instead, Robert Lewandowski's goal-scoring exploits were barely concealing the lackluster, disjointed, and pragmatic performances that defined Kovac's spell.
