Mathys Tel scores every 40 minutes for FC Bayern across all competitions this season.
As he celebrated his goal, the Frenchman meaningfully held his hand over his mouth. A gesture that players who are being criticized often use to symbolically silence the critics.
The surprising thing is that Tel doesn’t really have any critics these days – why should it?
Goal celebration? Tuchel has “no idea”
When asked about the cheers of his noble jokers on the “DAZN” microphone, coach Thomas Tuchel appeared ignorant. “No idea,” the coach answered moderator Alexander Schlüter’s question with a mischievous smile and then chose compassionate words for the youngster.
The fact that Tel, despite mostly very appealing performances this season, only got a chance in the starting line-up in the Supercup against RB Leipzig (0:3) is “of course unfair for him”, but they have “something like that going on with him here”, said Tuchel. “He deserves to start. But when you have a player who makes the difference off the bench so regularly, that’s an outstanding quality.”
In the Bundesliga away game at Borussia Mönchengladbach, Tel had already saved FC Bayern after coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute and scored the 2-1 winning goal. In his 20 minutes against Bayer Leverkusen, he prepared Leon Goretzka’s 2-1 in the meantime 86th minute.
It’s understandable that Tuchel likes to have the striker in his back pocket – and yet he gives the 18-year-old hope that he’ll soon be in the starting line-up: “Now the games come every three days. I think it’s a matter of time that he will start too. “
The voices about the game:
Leroy Sané (FC Bayern): “In the end, we’re happy that we won the first game and got the first three points. The game was a bit wild, but I think it was nice for the fans with the many goals. Offensively it was good, but overall we had to “We all make fewer mistakes together. That was a bit too much. We have to calm the game down, we are leading 2-0. We need more control, we have to wait and counter better.””
“We have to be aware in the game that we have to lead and control the game. That has to come from us players. We also address that. We have to notice when we need control. We need the calm to pass to the right man. “
Cheers from the FC Bayern Munich players
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Konrad Laimer (FC Bayern): “It was a wild game. We had phases in which we were able to control it better and finish it because we had the space to do so. We also had enough chances to score to make the game more clear earlier. Then Man United always come back thanks to them Great individual quality and it’s just going to be wild. The three points at the start are important. But we know that we still have to take steps forward.”
“We play hara-kiri passes into the midfield every now and then, losing the ball too easily and unnecessarily. This then makes the opponent strong again. But United also played wait-and-see and has rockets up front that all feel like they’re going at 38 km/h. That’s how they’ll be “They are dangerous. They are a strong counterattacking team and we sometimes act too poorly and lose the ball too easily, even though we are not under any stress. We will analyze that.”
Thomas Tuchel (coach FC Bayern): “We have a hard time getting through a game smoothly. It’s a paradox: I thought our second half was much better than the first and we ended up losing the second half and winning the first. It was important for self-confidence and the Further development, but there are still things that we have to do better. We are a goal threat in every game and create chances. We started the first half very cautiously and were lucky that we didn’t fall behind. The goals helped “To get into the flow of the game.”
“We always have phases that aren’t so good. But then they always stop. That’s a difference from last season. We don’t collapse or give up entire games. The reactions were very good today. To add a goal every time after the 2-1 and 3-2 was very important.”
… about Jamal Musiala: “His next step is to play simply in phases where it is necessary and not to dribble every time and look for the decision in quick turns. That comes with game experience and understanding of the game. We know that he is very special Has rotations and a strong acceleration in the half court. If he now plays very clearly every now and then, with a clean first contact, with clean one or two contacts, then things will go further.”
Musiala analyzes: “There are things we can improve”