Bayern coach Nagelsmann comments after the cup disaster

Before the Bundesliga match against Union Berlin
Bayern coach Nagelsmann after cup disaster: “We are people and not machines”

Julian Nagelsmann will not be able to coach from the sidelines against Union Berlin on Saturday either. The Bayern coach is still in corona quarantine.

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After the historic 0: 5 clap in Gladbach, the football nation looks to puzzling Bavaria. What reaction do the Munich stars show in Berlin? The quarantine coach cannot help out in the stadium again.

Cancellation result or impact hit? The entire football nation is asking itself this question – and also FC Bayern itself. The coach Julian Nagelsmann, who is still in Corona quarantine, and his star ensemble, who are clearly beaten in the DFB Cup in Gladbach, now have to answer. The next task is waiting on Saturday (3.30 p.m. / Sky and star-Ticker) in the Bundesliga, of all things, in the home fortress of Union Berlin, which has been impregnable for 21 games.

Nagelsmann was still wearing black in his video press conference on Friday when he first commented on the historic and of course irritating 0: 5. He admitted, “You don’t just shake the game off.” Regarding the total system crash in Borussia Park, he remarked: “First and foremost, we once showed that we are people and not machines.”

Nonetheless, he expects the Munich success machine to rev up as quickly as possible: “We claim to be champions who get up again.” Captain Manuel Neuer had made a similar statement: “Now we have to show a reaction on Saturday.” After almost four months as a Bayern coach, Nagelsmann feels for the first time what force a five-goal slap, including the first playful title, can unleash in Munich. “Such results should be unique,” he said in the dark turtleneck sweater.

Motivational speech on Saturday via live video

He still cannot get in direct contact with his team due to Corona. But he hopes to be able to coach on the sidelines again on Tuesday in the Champions League against Benfica Lisbon. “You can intervene,” he said about his limited influence from the home office.

“I don’t think we would have won if I had been there,” he remarked about the Gladbach game, however, that as an observer in front of the TV set at home he was also very painful: “I’ve been yelling a lot. But nothing has flown my kitchen. “

Nagelsmann makes the most of his job opportunities. He exchanged ideas intensively with the leading players via video and telephone. He was also in contact with the Munich board members and ex-professionals Oliver Kahn and Hasan Salihamidzic. “I also asked them who had experienced many extremes,” revealed Nagelsmann. This time he wants to give his motivational speech before the team leaves for the Union Stadium on Saturday via live video. He has respect for Union. “We have to go to the limit,” warned the coach.


Before Bundesliga match against Union Berlin: Bayern coach Nagelsmann after cup disaster: "We are people and not machines"

Christian Streich: “A champion gets up and strikes back”

Union coach Urs Fischer reacted to the Bayern situation with the serenity of a Swiss. “The task is difficult enough. Whether Bayern come with a special rage, that won’t change,” he said on Friday. Many football experts and fans in Germany are likely to think more like Freiburg’s coach Christian Streich.

“A champion goes down on the boards, grudgingly respects the opponent’s victory, shakes himself, recovers for two or three days, gets up and strikes back.” This is exactly what Streich expects from Lewandowski, Müller, Kimmich and Co. in Berlin, “simply because it has often been the case in the past. Otherwise it wouldn’t be Bayern.” Streich’s analysis and thesis sound conclusive.

The defeat was at least acutely an impact. “We’ll see in the next few weeks how we react after a game like this,” said Thomas Müller in the Gladbach stadium, still in shock: “We’re used to reacting to negative experiences. But that’s easy to say. “

Unrest also off the field

Until the cup debacle, Bayern seemed to have only minor problems off the pitch, such as the vaccination debate about Joshua Kimmich or the now-gone danger of prison sentence for world champion Lucas Hernández. “Restlessness is not good,” admitted Nagelsmann. But he also spoke of the many hymns of praise that his players – before Gladbach – would have been “the best in Europe” again. “Drawing lessons” is Nagelsmann’s announcement.

Union is extremely strong at home. Bayern also had to be content with a 1-1 draw there last season – just like in the home game. And after the Gladbach Breel Embolo this time, Taiwo Awoniyi could become a horror for the Bayern defense. The 24-year-old Nigerian has already scored seven goals in the league, just three fewer than Bayern’s goal machine Robert Lewandowski. This time, Nagelsmann will have Niklas Süle in the defense center from the start. Dayot Upamecano, who is completely overwhelmed against Embolo, will probably get a break. There is a question mark behind Leon Goretzka’s commitment to a painful flesh wound on the Achilles tendon.

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