Quote from: Luzin on Today at 10:30:45 AM

Quote from: arimamib on Today at 09:33:08 AM

but wouldn't he get the opposite at Bayern Munich now? Apart from that, didn't Alonso, who was recruited by Leverkusen previously, have no experience of coaching a big team and we know that Leverkusen was the first senior team coached by Alonso in his coaching career, then why do we say Alonso was better than Kompany when Kompany got his first big club today?

Comparing his achievements in the same season, of course, Xabi is better. Kompany I think will admit that. The slight difference is that Leverkusen when Xabi came was not a strong team like Bayern Munich today. It is quite unfair to compare these conditions. Kompany should benefit more from the luxury players at Bayern Munich. With poor statistics it is natural that many Munich fans are worried. Right now Kompany just needs to concentrate on the team and his abilities. After that, it proves that the management decision was not wrong in choosing him.

There is a big difference between managing a big team and managing the best among big teams. When Bayern Leverkusen had not won the Bundesliga title, any coach can easily take up the job and make the club to end in top four and it will be considered as a good performance by the coach. But with the status of Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, no coach will end in top four with Bayern Munich without lifting the title and it will be considered as good coaching. This is because Bayern Munich has already seen the Bundesliga title as their birthright, so any performance that did not win the Bundesliga title is not a good one for Bayern Munich. This is why an average coach handling the club should be under pressure to perform.

So, whether we admit it or not, Kompany has a very big task and he's under pressure to deliver in Bayern Munich. The pressure he is is much more higher than the one Xavi Alonso had when he took up the Bayern Leverkusen job, if at all he had any pressure.