Reporters persistently ask Kahn about the Ajax duo – then the Bayern boss becomes clear
Created: 2022-04-06 21:27
By: Tom Offinger
Oliver Kahn on his way to the interview.
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FC Bayern Munich is challenged in the quarter-finals of the Champions League at FC Villarreal.
Can Bayern create a good starting position for the second leg?
Villarreal - FC Bayern Munich is entering the decisive phase of the season.
In the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Villarreal (the first leg in the live ticker) is a feasible opponent for Julian Nagelsmann's team before the second leg in the Allianz Arena next Tuesday (9 p.m.).
The German record champions are going into the game as the clear favorites, but they also have to digest the events of the past weekend when the Munich team made a strange substitution mistake in Freiburg.
We collected the
DAZN
votes for the game.
Oliver Kahn (CEO FC Bayern Munich) on ...
... "the weeks of truth": "Of course, these are the weeks that all our players are looking forward to, because now it's also about winning the titles.
Now every game is broadly a final - and that's what we've been working towards all year."
... Opponents FC Villarreal: "Nonetheless, it's anything but an easy task today when I hear again and again, 'FC Bayern are big favorites and, and, and.'
First you have to beat a very strong, very, very uncomfortable opponent in two games and then we'll see."
… the potential newcomers Ryan Gravenberch and Noussair Mazraoui (both Ajax Amsterdam): “I also like to repeat myself that I am not talking about players from other clubs, but that we always talk about it when there is actually something to do report there."
Demand from
DAZN
moderator Alex Schlueter: "And that doesn't exist yet?" - "Not that I knew."
Julian Nagelsmann (FC Bayern Munich coach) on ...
... Opponent FC Villarreal: "It's challenging, they've got Juve (Juventus Turin; editor's
note
) packed, that describes quite a lot.
They're an incredibly experienced team that tactically plays four or five different formations within a game.
There is variation between high pressure and deep defending, but also between opening up under a lot of pressure and under less pressure - they and especially Unai Emery (coach FC Villarreal; editor's
note
) are very variable, which is tactical regards.
That presents us with major challenges.”
... about Alphonso Davies' comeback: "We also wanted to be variable today in terms of approach and playing with the ball.
We try to play different orders, and that's how we react to their different orders.
Because Phonzie is now fit again, we managed the switch the easiest in the constellation.”