“We’re going to Munich with a big heart,” announced Salzburg coach Matthias Jaissle on Sky. The narrowly missed victory – it would have been the first Austrian European Cup success over Bayern since Rapid 1967 – didn’t hurt too much. “Immediately after the final whistle it was a bit of a disappointment. But overall, or a few minutes or hours later, pride will prevail. The lads did a really good job worth it,” Jaissle said on ServusTV.
The FC Bavaria has seen better times. The situation in Munich is still tense after the 1-1 in the round of 16 first leg of the soccer Champions League at Red Bull Salzburg, especially since the embarrassing 2: 4 on Saturday in Bochum is still having an impact. The fact that a last-minute goal from Kingsley Coman was needed on Wednesday in order not to leave the field as a loser against a clear outsider does not help to calm things down.
“Not the desired result”
“Almost the next embarrassing bankruptcy for them Bavaria!”, wrote the “Bild” newspaper. “Bavaria-The defense is shaking again,” wrote the “Abendzeitung”. Coach Julian Nagelsmann gesticulated violently during the game and often showed his dissatisfaction. The equalizer had a calming effect. “In the end we can and have to live with it,” said the coach to Sky about the result, which leaves everything open for the second leg on March 8. Thomas Müller admitted that the 1-1 was “not the desired result”.
Nagelsmann mainly criticized that Bavaria-appearance in the first half. “We lost too many balls and that fueled Salzburg’s game.” The 34-year-old told ServusTV that there were too many gaps in the remaining defense. “We often defended at the wrong moment. That opened up space and Salzburg easily got behind.”
Nagelsmann: “The compensation was deserved”
Nagelsmann also disliked the creation of the goal by Junior Adamu. “We were in a 5-3 situation. Salzburg didn’t counter us brutally. We still had a lot of staff and didn’t really go into a duel on the wing. I think you can defend the goal well.”
But that didn’t work, and so they had to Bavaria wait until the 90th minute for the redeeming 1:1. “The equalizer came late, but it was deserved,” stressed Nagelsmann. The coach was confident for the second duel with the “bulls” in just under three weeks. “We have to play like we did in the second half in the second leg, then I’ll be in good spirits.”
Thomas Müller is looking forward to “hot dance”
Müller also emphasized the increase in the German record champions after the change of sides. “We deserved a point with the second half, which was definitely better, more pressing, more superior.” At the same time, the DFB team player also pointed out the double chance provided by Karim Adeyemi and Adamu in the 80th minute. “If things go really badly for us, Salzburg can make it 2-0.”
According to Müller, he expects a “hot dance” for the match in Munich, which will probably take place in front of 25,000 fans in the 70,000-seat Allianz Arena. Almost 30,000 people came to the arena in Wals-Siezenheim and made sure that the house was sold out – much to Müller’s delight. “It was a great football festival, the stadium was world class, that’s how fun football is,” said the 32-year-old.
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Source: Nachrichten
