Beaten in the first leg (2-3), Bayern Munich goes to Paris tomorrow to snatch his ticket for the semi-finals. And the Bavarians know what to do.
The reigning European champion was touched in his pride. Given as the overwhelming favorite for their Champions League quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain, the Bavarian club surely did not expect to lose the first leg in their stadium, especially after having had 31 attempts to score. Defeated 3-2, Hans-Dieter Flick’s side will be keen to prove that their loss at the Allianz Arena was just an accident. In any case, the Munich people easily identified the reason that cost them the victory last week.
“We weren’t decisive in front of goal, that’s what needs to be improved. We will give everything to qualify for the semi-finals. Last Wednesday, right after the game, we talked, we focused on the second leg. We must do everything to be at least as effective as Paris was against us last Wednesday. I am positive, ”said Hansi Flick at a press conference, imitated a few moments earlier by Thomas Müller. “With 31 shots, if we are a little more efficient, that should be the recipe for victory. But we don’t know how the game will go. We’ll be happy if we have so many chances. We can only analyze what has not worked very well. We have put things right. These are just details. We analyzed a lot of things and we were able to learn a lot of things both offensively and defensively ”.
Why not to Control Mbappé ?
Determined to find the loophole (they must win with at least two goals behind), Bayern are not planning to go into Keylor Navas’s goal headlong, without thinking. “In general we try to avoid, despite our offensive philosophy, just attacking. We’re not going to put five forwards and one midfielder on the pitch. We will start this match in a normal way. It’s always about thinking. You always have to estimate the risk, that’s why we are not going to start attacking right away, even if everyone knows us and knows we want to score as quickly as possible, “said Müller. And if the Munich people speak of risk, it is because they are well aware of the faculty of the Parisian attack to carry out supersonic counters with Neymar and Kylian Mbappé. Author of a double in Germany, the Frenchman made a lasting impression.
“Yes it’s true, above all, he’s very dangerous and with the way we play there is automatically this space. The most important thing is that he can’t go, and if he does, he has to be put under pressure, that he doesn’t have time to pass. These three offensive players from Paris, it’s an important mission for tomorrow, but at the same time, it’s not that easy. In Paris, it is Neymar and Mbappé who stay high (during opposing attacks), they are quite passive and remain in a dangerous position. It is up to us to properly judge these situations, to accept and manage this risk. We need a little luck, we can never control Mbappé, Neymar and Di Maria for an entire match. It’s important to limit their ability to score goals, ”added Müller. On the pitch, one of Bayern’s missions, in addition to scoring at least twice, will therefore be to control the Parisian rockets.
