Revenge is a dish best served cold. A few minutes after the end of the match Bayern Munich – Villarreal, which offered a ticket to the semi-finals of the Champions League to the Iberian Yellow Submarine to everyone’s surprise, striker Gerard Moreno did not mince his words . With a hint of irony. “In the first leg, we made the mistake of not finishing them, and all the comments around that served as motivation, he insists. Tonight they made the mistake of not killing us, and we took advantage of that. What this team has done is great. »
Obviously, the Villarreal player is referring to the lunar and arrogant outings of Julian Nagelsmann, the day before at a press conference. “We made a lot of mistakes on the first leg. They did one: let us live. And we have to punish them for it. This is not the first time that the Bayern Munich coach has been caught by the patrol because of his statements. Just after the draw, he made comments that midfielder Dani Parejo did not accept as Mundo Deportivo reports: “When the draw was made and Villarreal was drawn, their coach missed of respect not to Villarreal but to football by saying that he wanted to settle the match in the first leg. For us, it was a lack of respect. Ultimately, when you spit up, it comes back to you. »
He retains the support of his hierarchy
If on the Villarreal side, Nagelsmann’s statements were a source of motivation, they also struggled to pass on the German side. At Sport1, the editorialist is not kind to the coach: “Bayern plays in a weird and uninspired way. Julian Nagelsmann is responsible for it. After the elimination, the former RB Leipzig coach admitted: “We were good tactically, disciplined. We pressed well, defended well, didn’t concede much. And then we concede this goal at the end… Stopping in the quarter-finals is not enough for Bayern, the semi-final was our minimum objective. »
For the moment, on the side of the management of Bayern Munich, Olivier Kahn thinks that “more commitment and willpower than the team has shown, is not possible”. Support for Nagelsmann, but for how long? As usual, the German coach assures that he is not afraid for the future: “I am not afraid. There is worse in the world. »