Despite their 0-1) defeat in the first leg, Bayern Munich expressed their serenity and delivered a strong speech on the eve of Villarreal’s reception on Tuesday in the quarter-finals of the Champions League return leg.
Julian Nagelsmann and Bayern have no doubts…
Steamroller or colossus on clay feet? It’s sometimes hard to know which foot to dance on this season with Bayern Munich, who can miss the point from one game to the next and crush the competition.
If these moments of bewilderment, often attributed to coach Julian Nagelsmann’s very attacking style, have no real impact in the championship, where the Bavarian giant remains leader by 9 points, they could on the other hand have the most unfortunate consequences in the Champions League.
Mr Neuer- don’t joke with us
Last Wednesday, Thomas Mller’s band did indeed fall on the Villarreal field (0-1) in the quarterfinal first leg. Faced with a united team and tactically perfectly in place, the Germans thwarted as rarely and are not unhappy that they did not return home with an even heavier suitcase. Still, the day before the home game, Nagelsmann and his gang delivered a curiously confident speech.
We made a lot of mistakes on the way out. They did one: let us live. And we have to punish them for a…, including the technician, who lost the first leg of the tactical battle against Unai Emery. The same very insulting speech from Captain Manuel Neuer. We have character in this team, a lot of pride. When we lost a first leg, don’t joke with usthe guard warned.
Nagelsmann ready to play dirty
Behind this somewhat caricatured arrogance often attributed to the Germans and especially Bayern, Nagelsmann nevertheless admitted that the situation is serious and that only the result counts, even if that means putting some of his playing principles aside: Diamonds form under pressure, maybe tomorrow (Tuesday) we have a brilliant match. (…) What must not happen is that we give Villarreal time to introduce their quality on the field. We need to play a little rougher. But we shouldn’t talk about it so much, we should do it tomorrow. In the previous round, after the pain-torn draw (1-1) in the first leg, the Bavarians had acted by correcting the RB Salzburg in the return (7-1). Will the pride of the champion speak again?
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