🤔 Scouting with a twist: Eberl quizzes the ref about the next opponent | OneFootball

After FC Bayern’s emphatic 5-0 victory in Stuttgart, some rather unusual scenes unfolded.

While the players were already strolling towards the bus, sporting director Max Eberl used the catacombs of the VfB stadium for a somewhat unconventional scouting method. The focus was on the upcoming Champions League opponent, Sporting CP.

But his contact wasn’t a fellow coach or an opposing player, but rather referee Tobias Stieler. Just under two weeks ago, he had officiated Sporting’s match against Brugge and was therefore able to give Eberl a first-hand account.

“He said that they really are a very, very good team – I could have done without hearing that. But it’s still further confirmation of what you already feel, that Sporting simply has a very good squad,” Eberl is quoted as saying by 'Bild'.

It’s unlikely that this insight will shock Vincent Kompany and his scouting team.

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