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Similar to 2: 3 against Atlético Madrid a week ago, Salzburg were able to keep up for a long time. “I think the first 75 minutes were outstanding. We played very well against an outstanding opponent. So we hit the standard target, and it’s like a dam exploding, ”said Salzburg coach Jesse Marsch, whose ambitious goal is to score points. For the moment, Salzburg conceded its biggest European Cup defeat in the Red Bull era against Bayern.
“It was a shame that in the end we couldn’t get the correct result. But the guys tried everything and played across the board. If we make a mistake against these opponents or if we don’t defend perfectly, they can always be dangerous, ”Marsch said. “We were in a good mood until the 80th minute. Until then we played very well, just as we wanted. We weren’t afraid to play against the defending champs. The 2: 6 does not show what we deserved, ”emphasized midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai.
Salzburg is defeated by Bavaria 2: 6
CL’s home game against the defending champion finally ended in debacle.
“Conceding third goal decisive moment”
An impetuous penalty by Enock Mwepu, an own goal by Rasmus Kristensen and a goal conceded from a corner kick helped Bayern on the road to victory. “Getting the third goal after a corner hurts us. That was the turning point, ”Marsch said. In Madrid, too, a corner preceded the 2: 3. Salzburg have led in all three games, but they are only there with one point and are last in Group A. “We have to act in a clearer way, start ahead and ends up behind ”, demanded Maximilian Wöber.
Facing empty ranks and a day after the terrorist attack in Vienna, Salzburg football distracted Austria with a strong performance and demanded the “best team in the world” (march) more than they would have liked. Berchtesgaden-born Mergim Berisha gave the hosts an early lead. “We were very good at it, we annoyed them, you could feel it on the pitch,” said Zlatko Junuzovic. Because his team did well offensively, a show developed.
“The result does not reflect the game”
This could be expected due to the playing facilities of both teams. “There were occasions on both sides, both teams were very tall and played very bravely, both were very offensive,” said Junuzovic, who previously dueled Bayern in the service of Werder Bremen and lost all ten games. This time it even smelled of winning points. “I always had good feelings on the field, everything was always possible,” said the veteran. “The fact that the score is so high at the end of the day hurts a bit, because that doesn’t reflect the game.”
The successful Bayern coach Hansi Flick (“The result turned out to be very high in the end”), who celebrated his anniversary at Bayern-Bank in Salzburg, also saw it. The 55-year-old praised the opponent’s performance. “Salzburg did very, very well, closed the quarters tightly and played a very good game of change when it came to winning the ball, with good runs in depth,” said Flick, whose team has already achieved the 14th consecutive victory of the Champions League.
“Salzburg just have a good game system and they put us to the test time or again, we had to defend quite well and also Manu (Manuel Neuer, goalkeeper, note) put his class to the test,” Flick said after the game. . Neuer had to reject nine shots, not as many as in the premier class against Real Madrid three years ago. Another interesting fact: for the first time, Bayern fell behind in a CL game with Flick.
Bavaria shows strengths in the end
Thomas Müller, who put the penalty to 1: 1 and forced an own goal to 2: 1, was not surprised by the game with many scoring scenes from both sides. “Salzburg play very intensely, very risky. A bit like us, but with little game control, but with a lot of depth and many combinations. It was clear that it could be an exchange of blows. “
“Salzburg was brave and was partially rewarded for it. But they also revealed some loopholes on defense, ”said Müller, who also pointed to another difference. “If you can switch on the final offense, you still have a trump card.” The 31-year-old Bayern veteran played with DFB player Leroy Sane, who moved from Manchester City to Germany for 45 million euros in the summer, or Spaniard Javi Martinez.
Defender Jerome Boateng, who flourished again with Flick and scored 3-2, called up another Bayern strength. “We have gone one step further. We knew that Salzburg had a very intense game, had a lot of pressure and ran a lot. In the end they got a bit tired. Then we take advantage of that. “
Salzburg tactics don’t work
Because Bayern had failed to make it 3-1, Masaya Okugawa tied for the hosts. Then, in exchange for the strong Berisha with Jerome Onguene as an additional defender, Marsch wanted to strengthen the defense against Bayern attacks with the noble “Joker” Sane to take the result against the favorite at home. Also because the second match of Group A between Lok Moscow and Atlético de Madrid ended 1: 1.
“We analyzed after the first two games and we thought: What if we put a defender on the field and protect the situation that way and maybe we defend the standards better and maybe we change better if we defend better,” explained Marsch Tactica. “That was our strategy this time and it goes totally in the other direction. I’m not satisfied with this change, ”Marsch later stated. In the end it was very bitter because Bayern, like Salzburg, were still hungry for goals.
“The referee was not good”
Of course, outsiders need a bit of luck to take something away from Bayern. From Marsch’s point of view, referee Danny Makkelie of the Netherlands made tough decisions for Bayern. A Corentin Tolisso hand in the penalty area and an offside position by Robert Lewandowski before the 2-1 were overlooked. “I never said anything about the referee, but today we have to say: it was not good. I know we are a small club, Bayern Munich is a big club. It was the same last year. We are small, we have to win it, ”Marsch said.
According to the players, the fact that it turned out to be a results debacle was also due to them. But it can’t be an excuse for us to score four goals after the 80th minute, ”said Szoboszlai. “We have given up, there is no excuse for that,” added self-deprecating Wöber. While Bayern can already secure promotion to the round of 16 after a three-week break by CL in the home game against Salzburg, the national champions need better results as well as good performances in the second half.
