Salzburg sovereign, Bayern with problems: The dress rehearsals before tomorrow’s round of 16 second leg in the Champions League turned out differently. Nothing has changed in the starting position: Salzburg picked up the pace with the 4-0 win over Altach, but can only surprise despite the 1-1 win in the first leg. It is encouraging that Munich revealed weaknesses in the 1-1 draw against Leverkusen.
“We’re going to Munich with a very good feeling. We’ll approach the game in such a way that we’ll be in the quarter-finals afterwards. We showed a good performance in Salzburg and that will also be the case in Munich,” said Luka Sucic, Salzburger Scorer against Altach on “Sky”. “In the first half we did a lot right, after that we were certainly able to save a few grains towards Tuesday,” explained Maximilian Wöber, who, like Mohamed Camara, made his comeback in the starting XI.
Coach Matthias Jaissle described his team against “the best team in the world” as a blatant outsider, and not just because of the compulsory Corona breaks of 17 games. The little sovereign appearance of Munich against Leverkusen did not change anything. Jaissle: “That result doesn’t matter at all.”
First own goal by Müller
There was no sign of anticipation in Munich on Saturday. The first own goal in Thomas Müller’s career pulled the plug on the previously dominant Munich team in the 1-1 draw against Leverkusen. A harmless free-kick landed in their own goal due to a voting problem. “I shouted that I had him,” said goalkeeper Sven Ulreich, who will probably be replaced tomorrow by Manuel Neuer, who is fit again. “The communication was apparently a bit too quiet,” explained coach Julian Nagelsmann. “Obviously that happens to the best too. It won’t knock him out for a long time.” However, the subsequent slump in performance raised doubts about the mental robustness of some players.
A 1:1 would not be enough tomorrow. “It counts on Tuesday. It’s a very important game, we have to win it,” warned central defender Niklas Süle, who had given Bayern the lead. He was amazed at how much “the unfortunate equalizer” shook his team. “We played one of the best first 30 minutes of the season. After the 1-1 draw we were unsure and collapsed a bit. That mustn’t happen to us.”
Source: Nachrichten
