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HAJDUK 0-1
BAYERN
An exhausted Bendiš was walking down the street. He's never really up to it at 7 in the morning to be honest. The poor guy plays the piano until 1 or 2 during the weekends, and until midnight during the week, before coming at 7 to open the café. His girlfriend sleeps in a bit. To be fair, managing the stadium doesn't really require you to be at the stadium in the early hours. But she normally stopped by before Bendiš went to training, around 10, and they went together.
In any case, this morning, the eve before the Bayern match, Bendiš walked in, like he normally does. He had had a glorious four weeks in Switzerland, after qualifying back in December, and had done no transfer business whatsoever. Oh sure, a few of his players went out on loan, but besides a 15 year old Brazilian that was coming in two years, he did absolutely nothing.
And it felt good.
In any case. After skiing for more than a month, he stopped down in Nyon to catch up, and got a lovely Christmas present from Michel Platini. Bayern München. And, to be fair, Die Kaiser was very happy with that draw, not only because Hajduk was a small club, but that Bendiš had lost to the finalist three years in a row. Basically, if you were sent down to Split, you could book your ticket to San Siro the same day.
And Bendiš, looking for once to be pleasantly surprised, sighed, got up, and walked out, before driving back down to Split.
And this was the morning that Bayern looked to finish the job. They came down on the last flight of the night and were booked in some hotel in the city center. Bendiš couldn't remember which, but if he had to find out, it wouldn't take long. The city wasn't big, and even if were a
regular group of 25 people, he would be able to figure out where they were... much less if it was Bayern München and their coaching staff.
As Bendiš walked up to his café, two people were sitting their already. The first thoughts through Bendiš's head were "who in God's name is up so early" before remembering that
he was up this early as well, so he'd better not judge others. He recognized them after a couple seconds, even without his coffee.
"Karl, Lucien, welcome to Split"
It was, naturally Karl Rummenigge and Lucien Favre, who had come to bother him on his one morning off. Peachy.
Bayern did eventually win against a plucky Split side, Mario Ljubi?i? and Tomi Kiš had a chance apiece, but they both hit the post. It was Goran Blaževi? who was the hero, in the end, making all but one save.
Bendiš does need some sort of a win against this Bayern side. It's not that they're especially strong, to be honest, it's one of the weaker Bayern sides of the generation. No, it's just that it's Bayern... and no one is thrilled about going to Allianz.
