The call comes early on Sunday morning. Very early, if you consider that Robert Lewandowski had earned himself a visit to Munich's Oktoberfest beer festival the night before thanks to two goals in Bayern Munich's 3-0 away win at Mainz.
"He's allowed to go with his wife," Pep Guardiola had told reporters at the Coface-Arena with a smile. Alas, there was not even the hint of a hangover the next morning. "I stayed at home, of course," the 27-year-old tells ESPN FC in a telephone interview from Bayern's training ground, with a chuckle. "It was nice of the manager to let me go, but we are playing on Tuesday [against Dinamo Zagreb] again.