FC Bayern: Goretzka laughs! Surprising confession after the Freiburg victory

Munich: a defeat against Borussia Mönchengladbach it was for him FC Bayern last weekend is still bearable somewhere. The dramatic Outside I am DFB-Pokal in Holstein Kiel it is leading the record champions into a mini crisis.

Now came the Sc freiburg to the Allianz Arena. Christian Streich’s team has won the last five Bundesliga games in a row, so the Flick-Elf was more than warned. In the end, the triple winner celebrated a deserved, but also happy, 2: 1 (1: 0) success over the sports club.

Robert Lewandowski put the record champion ahead, Thomas Müller scored the decisive goal in the second half after helping Leroy Sané. With the victory, Munich is now four points ahead of the top of the table.

What do those involved say about the situation? FC Bayern? We summarize the votes for the match against SC Freiburg from Sky and the press conference together.

Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern) after the end of the match …

… Performance: “In general, we played a good game. Freiburgers always had one leg in the middle. That also speaks to his passion, but in the end it was a deserved victory. “

… the lack of ease to play: “We have already played one or another good opportunity, I think the 1-0 was proof of that.”

… Leroy Sané: “Leroy has the highest demands on himself. Today he has a great mentality.”

… Robert Lewandowski: “It’s an incredible pace. I’m always twice as happy with his goals because I have him on Kickbase. “

(Kickbase is an online manager game that is very popular with amateur and professional footballers)

Hansi Flick (FC Bayern coach) after the end of the match …

… if you have seen superior equipment: “We did not have an easy stage. Today I had the feeling from the beginning that we were going to duels with courage. The 1-0 was a beautiful goal from Robert Lewandowski. I was happy, we could have made it 2-0. Then the game would have been different. We get the 1: 1 through the corner. After that, it wasn’t easy to keep playing bravely. The defense did well today. We deserved to do it 2: 1 over time. I’m satisfied with the result and also, in terms of the approach, how the team played. “

… why Douglas Costa and Buona Sarr weren’t on the roster: “We have a lot of healthy players, that’s good, it hit them both.”

… Serge Gnabry’s injury: “The injury is not serious, I heard from the doctors. The muscle closed, it came from the back. “

… the volume of your players on the field: “Like today, I imagine it. It was good training between the players. That was the correct development. “

… the table and if you have to smile when you think about the competition: “No. Currently I am not interested in the competition. We have to look at ourselves and be as focused on Augsburg and Schalke as we are today. Anyway, the bottom of the bill. It’s good that we have now worked up to four points, that’s extremely important. For us, only our results count. “

… the achievement of Leroy Sané: “I don’t like to single out individual players. But today he did very well and did things the team would like to see from him. You saw a nice development. Today he has shown that he is always good for an assist or a goal. “

… what needs to be improved: “Our chances of scoring. We can still move forward with determination. We have to be insensitive, we create a lot of scoring opportunities. When setting up the game, we didn’t have enough access sometimes. We have to be more compact. We want to play more dominants again, but it cannot be toggled on and off. We are on the right track, we want to continue challenging. “

… Christian Streich: “The whole SC Freiburg club is good for the Bundesliga. I’ve been a fan of Freiburg for years. I have many connections to Freiburg through my previous jobs. How they live football, I do not know if that is unique in the Bundesliga, but in any case Christian Streich has a very good idea of ​​how he would like to see football on the field. He pushes his players to the limit and develops them even more. When I see Christian Günter going up and down the outside lane. That’s great, exceptional work being done there. It’s a very friendly club, I’m always happy when I see Christian Streich. “

Jerome Boateng (FC Bayern) after the end of the match …

… die part: “It was an earned job. In general we can be satisfied, in the end we shudder. But it’s our fault because we had three or four chances at the front again. But Freiburg is a good opponent. “

… the sports club that today considered FCB beatable: “Good that you thought that. But in the end nothing came out. It only got exciting in the end because we made mistakes. “

… mental fatigue: “We do not want excuses, but it is not easy. But today we show that you can win games without shining big. “

… Leroy Sané: “He is at a new club, it has not been an easy week for him. But we all know what it can do and we take it with us. He’s been a bit tense lately, but he played a great game today. “

Nils Petersen (SC Freiburg) after the end of the match …

… the final phase and its hit with the first contact with the ball: “Brutal, we were very unlucky. Sure, I’m happy to have scored a goal, in the end the goal would have been something too. “

… the appearance of FC Bayern: “It’s normal for you to falter after a small negative drive, especially when an opponent as confident as us appears. Today you were beatable. In the end they were a smarter goal. “

Nikolas Höfler (SC Freiburg) after the end of the match …

… about the game: “It is a pity that we do not take any accounting, today Bayern has been beatable. At least one point would have been possible. ”

… the new force of Freiburg: “We got together really well during the season and developed incredible greed. Of course we are disappointed that we only hit the bar at the end. “

Christian Schwarz (coach, SC Freiburg) before the end of the match …

… Defeat Bayern cup in the cup: “I think it’s good that it’s exciting. Kiel was lucky, but that’s part of the cup. “

… the hope of winning today: “We are developing very well. Bayern are playing with the cream of the crop today, so we have to play a really good game to have a chance. “

… The expectations: “If we don’t put everything on the court today, we won’t get anything. We are happy to be able to play here. We don’t have any crazy downward pressure. “

… your ski excursions: “If I had more time, I would make bigger. You can drop off at Feldberg, great. But here at home it’s wonderful, really wonderful. “

Hansi Flick (coach, FC Bayern) before the match on …

… the bugs in the latest games: “From time to time there is a meter missing, so there is no physical proximity or presence. This can be attributed to a lack of mental freshness. The two losses were a brutal wake-up call for us. Now we have demand. “

… a possible system change: “Nobody demands that. Most of the time, the error is earlier, now we have addressed it.” If we do not put pressure on the ball, we will have to let ourselves be carried away by the defense. We haven’t done well lately, we have to work on that. “

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… today’s lineup: “We have a great quality. Today’s game will tell if we are a superior team! Now let’s see if the guys do it like this today. “

… the competition that does not take advantage of Bayern’s weakness: “We don’t care, we just look at ourselves. I don’t care what happened yesterday. “

Oliver Kahn (CEO appointed by FC Bayern) before the match on …

… the cup dishonors: “It was a very, very big surprise, even if the Kielers did very, very well, of course.”

… the lessons of defeat: “As a player, I have also seen one or two cup matches. It was an end point in a development we’ve seen in previous games. “

… the weak defense of FC Bayern: “We have had major problems since the beginning of the season, not only with the four behind. We are not playing under pressure like we did last season. That then leads to goals conceded again. It is a phrase, but the basis of everything is a stable defense that starts from the beginning. “

… the lack of mental freshness: “You have to watch the past, the team won everything. There have been many personal honors, as a player you usually take it easy. But soccer is a daily business. We, as an association, must and always want to achieve the best possible. “

… possible transfers: “We are absolutely convinced of our squad and we will not deal with any transfers. We have to behave better tactically in general so that we can play zero more often. As a result, we play more successfully again. Hansi Flick is also working on that with the team. “

… the competition that cannot take advantage of the weakness of the FCB: “We only look at ourselves and we don’t judge the competition.” (smk)