Julian Nagelsmann (Coach FC Bayern Munich)
… how he classifies the game: “In the first half, we did what we discussed before the game wrong. At some point, PSG pulled a lot of players into the build-up and we let ourselves be drawn into positions, like in the second half in Paris. We were a little too impatient with the lateral tens, then the rooms were just too big.
We defended much more patiently in the second half. Paris’ idea was obvious: They didn’t want to hurt us extremely up front, but instead wanted to pull out six or seven players and then create space behind them. We didn’t allow that anymore in the second half. We then had good ball wins and played better with the ball in particular. We played right everything on King Lang because there was a lot of speculation on the site. We were much better in the second half and deserved to win”
…on attitude as the key to victory: “It’s normal that when you win the first leg 1-0, the opponent wants to come up a little bit more. Of course, they have a brutal quality. It was clear that we needed the spectators and the talentless areas in football. I think we played very passionately and played as We. That’s a key against PSG, we did that and cracked them.”
… to de Ligt’s rescue operation: “Yann forgets the player behind him. I just said that in the coaching office: Matthijs, who loves to defend. There are so many defenders who stop running because they say it’s over. Nine out of ten stop .”
…which is possible: “It always depends on how we appear. I’ve already told the team that we have to combine maximum greed and emotionality with the quality that we have, then we can achieve anything. If we just want to gamble, then there are many Teams in the Bundesliga that can hurt us. Every team has this emotionality against Bayern. Unfortunately, we always have to bring them in. If we don’t pair them, we have to tremble in certain games, which is not absolutely necessary. “
… to the opening goal: “It’s a great pressing action. We said there’s a chance in a goal-kick situation because they don’t bring as many staff back. It was very interesting, when it came to a goal-kick situation they did what they did from the game have: at some point six or seven players came and made the space small for themselves. Even Leon’s ball, that’s not something to be taken for granted. A lot of people shoot there, that makes him really strong.”
… to Sasa Stanisic: I would like to mention Stani, who played a very good game. Sensational. Not everyone believed him capable of making such a game. It was unbelievably strong and won every duel. We also had Mbappé under control for the longest stretches.”
Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)
… to the game: “Of course you have to be honest that in football you sometimes earn luck through hard work. We had a moment when Yann lost the ball and Matthijs cleared the line. When it’s 1-0, you don’t know either how the two teams react to it. But in the second half in particular we shed our shyness and were clearer in defending, less so in the half-half situations where you don’t know whether we should fall or stay. Accordingly, we also played in the We played the better game in the second half and deserved to win. We played two or three bad counterattacks, but we did a very good job in the lead today.”
… to the opening goal: “As a spectator, you might wish that great moves created even more chances to score, but when two teams really try and then defend in a disciplined manner, it’s not that easy, especially in a game like this with so much pressure. That’s where it goes It’s not so easy, you don’t do one or the other deep run less, thinking about the possible loss of the ball. That happens automatically. We just snapped up. Verratti is a player with world-class ball handling, how often he breaks out of tight situations It’s great. But we also knew that you could make a loot there, and we did it.”
… to the offside goal: “It wasn’t my turn. I think I’m irritating the goalkeeper. If Choupo doesn’t get a turn, then it’s my turn and it’s not offside. Don’t worry, we won and that counts.”
Yann Sommer (goalkeeper FC Bayern Munich)
… to the game: “We knew it was going to be hard work. Despite that, we defended very well. In the second half we found the spaces between their lines even better. The way we defended as a team against this attack was really strong.”
… on his mistake and de Ligt’s rescue operation: “First I had my solution, but then suddenly I didn’t anymore. I didn’t even see the one behind me. I’ll put a truck full of Swiss chocolate in front of Matthijs de Ligt. It’s amazing how he thinks and saves the situation.”
… to the team spirit: “We have great energy on the field. We block a lot and throw ourselves in. We think it’s great to defend our goal. That’s a big key in these games. It’s extremely difficult for the opponent to create chances .”
… to the pressure before the game: “There was a lot of pressure there, but that’s a good thing. After all, it’s about the Champions League, which you want to win. The demands and expectations of the team that deal with it well are correspondingly high. In the end, what counts happened to the place.”