Kahn warns Bayern stars: "We may have been fooled"
Created: 2022-10-02 04:49
By: Marius Epp, Christoph Gschoßmann
Oliver Kahn warns the Bayern players at DAZN to concentrate.
© IMAGO/Frank Hoermann / SVEN SIMON
FC Bayern opens the 8th Bundesliga matchday with the home game against Bayer Leverkusen.
We collect here what the protagonists had to say before and after.
The voices around the game.
Munich – With Bayer Leverkusen, a tricky opponent awaited FC Bayern at the start of the 8th Bundesliga matchday.
After the messed-up start to the season, the Werkself were under even more pressure than coach Julian Nagelsmann's team.
For both teams, the big question was how they would come out of the international break after recent disappointments in the league.
After all, almost all the stars were traveling with their national teams.
Important players were missing on both sides.
While the hosts had to do without Lucas Hernandez and Kingsley Coman, among others, Bayer Florian Wirtz is still in rehabilitation training after his cruciate ligament tear.
We summarize for you the voices of the game between FC Bayern and Bayer Leverkusen on DAZN and in the press conference.
Gerardo Seoane (Bayer Leverkusen coach) after the game over...
... the defeat:
"We'll stay here one more night and we'll sit down together.
I have to say the worst possible scenario happened here: an early goal.
They then played themselves into a frenzy.
In some situations the bite was missing with us.
It's a question of will.
Am I ready to walk the last meter?
We didn't have that aggressiveness today."
Julian Nagelsmann (FC Bayern coach) after the game over...
... the victory:
"The way was good today.
A lot has been written.
We played with a good passion today, that's very satisfying.
The early goal helped us a lot.
I found our counter-pressing very good.
Upa and Matthijs defended very well.
We only allowed one big chance.
When I see the guys celebrating defensive actions, it's cool.
These actions are almost more important to me than goals.”
... Sadio Mané:
"We let him play on the left in the last few games to give him a bit more rhythm.
He scored a goal today and played well.”
Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen) after the game over...
… the clear defeat:
“Of course we expected more.
We came here to win.
Bayern forced the game on us, it was brutal.
I would also like to be stuck in a crisis like Bayern.”
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… the difference in quality to Bayern:
“Bayern outperformed us in all areas, dominated.
Chapeau for that, in a crisis like this.
The boys are outstanding, they have an outstanding coach.
We are very negative at the moment.”
… Ways out of the Leverkusen crisis:
“We have to analyze it, we have to think about it.
Everyone needs to do more and everyone needs to be honest.
As a team we have to do more.
We lose games in a way that's brutal.
We can't let our heads hang and the leaders like me can't let our heads hang.
We have to stay positive.
I'm depressed at the moment.
We will be clear about the situation we are in.”
Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern) after the game over...
... the question of whether the crisis is over:
"We can't say that so early.
We have to play more games well and do the same in the next games.
Keep going."
… the improvements in the Bayern game:
“We have to bring more depth into our game.
We have the speed to walk these paths.
We always did that today and looked for the one-two throughout the game.”
… his goal and Thomas Müller’s preparation:
“I was a bit lucky with the one-two.”
… the fact that at the age of 19 he is Bayern’s top scorer:
“ I made up my mind to keep going, to get better.
I always want to be in good positions.
I do that in these situations.
If I get chances, I try to score goals, as consistently as possible.”
… the pressure before the game:
“The pressure was on all of us.
Everyone was focused on us.
We all want to be number 1.
The pressure is always there at Bayern - we have to deal with that."
Julian Nagelsmann (FC Bayern coach) before the game about ...
... the results of the crisis analysis:
"I'm not going to tell all the findings now, otherwise I'll make it a bit easy for the opponent.
In possession we have to move closer together to have better control.
Play less sharp balls.
We create a lot of chances.
We have to get into the final third with good control.
I discussed this with the team again.
Before the season we changed a lot.
Since then we almost always play the same basic order.
That was also one of the players' wishes, not to adapt us so much to the opponent."
... the pressure as a Bayern coach:
"It's not pressure that threatens my life.
I really wanted to do this job and would like to do it for many years.
I am fine.
I face every discussion.”
... Sadio Mané's form crisis:
"He started well.
He takes it all to heart, he worries.
Sometimes a tad too much.
He needs two or three good moves.
You can't deny his commitment."
Gerardo Seoane (Bayer Leverkusen coach) before the game over...
... the game against Bayern:
"Both teams didn't get the results they wanted.
Both teams have great quality.
An important point for us is the exploitation of opportunities.
All teams suffered extremely against Bayern.
You also need that little bit of luck.
Bayern plays very offensively and offers space.
We have to use them in a targeted manner.”
Oliver Kahn (CEO FC Bayern) before the game about ...
... the sporting descent:
“Of course we are not satisfied.
We've had an excellent start to the season.
We may have let that fool us and felt too safe.
It takes a certain amount of time to integrate one or the other player.
We had a lot of chances that we didn't take.
That's a point, but not the only point.
We can still improve on our physique.
Perhaps one or the other thought that the Bundesliga was just a sideline.
That's not the case."
… the striker's question:
"If you can't think of anything else, it's always the central striker.
That's the simplest argument.
But I can also remember times when things didn't work out so well
(with Lewandowski, ed.)
We have so much quality.
I am absolutely convinced that Sadio will still show these executioner qualities.
It is not always a question of the executor.
It is also a question of will, of concentration.”
... the exchange with Julian Nagelsmann:
"We were critical of each other.
You can do that with Julian.
He is open to criticism, can absorb that and develop further.
At some point, however, the point has come that everyone has to solve their task in the best possible way.
We don't have to talk all the time, we just have to go out onto the pitch and deliver.
Here and now there is only one goal and that is victory.”
... the departure of CFO Dreesen:
"Jan was at FC Bayern for almost ten years and did an excellent job.
So it's understandable that you sometimes want to do something different.
It's a shame, but that's the way it is.
With Michael Diederich we are looking forward to an absolute top man.
There will be a transition phase, but no major shifts are planned.”
(epp)
