Champions League: Bavaria as a Glasgow winner to the summit – “good for the Spirit”

Vincent Kompany only briefly sipped on the glass at the praise of his surprised boss. After the end of the long away misers in the Champions League, the CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen raved about a “great” and “special” day for FC Bayern on the way to the round of 16.

However, Kompany and his stars did not have time to enjoy or even celebrate after the 2-1 at Celtic Glasgow. Finally, the master match ball against Bayer Leverkusen for the Munich “dream” of Florian Wirtz is pending – and the Munich in Europe is not yet. “You want to win the prices,” said Kompany about the successful playoff “half”.

Kimmich: Good game for the spirit

Satisfied, the Belgian rose from the special aviator AZ 8965 the day after the longed-for first away win in Europe’s football king class. For the Bundesliga leader he trained, after the landing, a good 50 hours before the top game of the Countdown on Bayer started the Bayer -Match.

The lead over the defending champion is eight points – in the event of a win, the fight for the shell in favor of the strengthened people of Munich should be decided. “It was a good game for the spirit,” said Joshua Kimmich satisfied.

Bayern boss: Vincent agreed with me

With their banquet visiting in the reddishly illuminated hall, the ensemble around the goal scorers Harry Kane and Michael Olise also amazed Dreesen. “The team would almost have been there first. We have never had that,” said the 57-year-old about the “unusual” flying visit. “Obviously you are in a hurry so that we will come back into a resting phase in good time before the difficult game on Saturday. When I look Vincent in his eyes, he was just right for me.”

Lumbar steak with whiskey pepper sauce or tandoori chicken could at best taste a dayot upamecano as a player of the game and his colleagues in their red and white training suits. On the way to the top 16 teams in Europe’s elite league, the Munich team developed a good starting point for the playoff second leg on Tuesday in the local Allianz Arena. In addition, they got momentum for the explosive duel against the five competitive games no longer conquered.

Between “euphoria” and “key moments”

“We want to take the sense of achievement and a bit with us the euphoria, to have won the playoff first leg,” said sports director Max Eberl. It was also a good game to demonstrate resistance after the 1: 2 by Daizen Maeda. “You can get a goal, that’s not the end of the world, but you just can’t lose the momentum,” said Konrad Laimer. Was it one of the “key moments” hoped for by Kompany?

After the painful away defeats at Aston Villa (0: 1), FC Barcelona (1: 4) and Feyenoord Rotterdam (0: 3), there was now the desired first real away win in Europe’s elite this season. “The learning took place,” said Kimmich. The Munich -based company only won 5: 1 in Gelsenkirchen against Schachtar Donetsk. “We didn’t break in. It is important,” said Captain Manuel Neuer. And that did not give the lightning gate to 0: 1 because of 25 seconds after 25 seconds, his team had also put away well as a moment of terror.

Champagne? It always stands cold

The new grinning when he was asked whether one could not get the champagne for the championship celebration soon. “It is always cold, but of course we have to do something for it,” said Neuer. “I think it is time when we are the better team again, that we will beat them.”

At the appetite for the round of 16, the Celtic Park defense chief Upamecano stood out in the atmospheric home fortress. The Frenchman was happy about the victory in a “difficult game in a great stadium”. Bosses and colleagues were pleased that the often criticized central defender was voted the best man on the pitch. “For me, Upa is an outstanding central defender and he showed that today. And when a defender becomes Man of the Match, it has a special meaning again because it does not usually happen,” said Eberl.

Again and again Wirtz speculations

Before the top game on Saturday, Eberl tried to calm the hype to calm the hype by Uli Hoeneß as a “dream” football virtuosos Wirtz. “We didn’t talk much about Florian Witz or about any player from Leverkusen. It circles around us and I think it just doesn’t belong to such a topic before such a game,” said the 51-year-old.

This wish should not be fulfilled. Especially since the duel does not have to be the last meeting of Bavaria and Bayer in the season. If the Munich team progresses against Celtic, either Atlético Madrid – or just Bayer Leverkusen is waiting in the round of 16.