Stuttgart – The Bayern Munich football team is in a state of happiness with its return to the top of the domestic league table (Bundesliga), following beating Stuttgart 2/1, but the team knows that it needs more focus and a better performance next Wednesday when it faces Paris Saint-Germain in France. The second leg of the round of 16 of the European Champions League.
Although Bayern enters the return match and has the advantage of winning the first leg with a clean goal, it knows that the passage to the quarter-finals has not yet been decided, especially as it faces a team that includes many players headed by Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe.
“On Wednesday we have a very important match,” said Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann.
He added, “When we combine our quality with our strength, we are one of the best teams in Europe, and it is very difficult to beat us. We are in a slightly better position, but it is not a position that allows us to slack off.”
Nagelsmann stressed the need to play with “a good balance between attack and defense.”
Bayern will not be able to bear some of the late lapses that appeared once morest Stuttgart, first not to score the third goal, then conceding a goal late in the match and barely avoiding receiving the equalizer in stoppage time.
Defender Matthijs de Ligt said Bayern were “not good enough” in the final minutes. “We should have seen the final minutes without fanfare,” said Leon Goretzka.
He warned that Saint-Germain is from another level and that he may punish the team for any mistake.
But Goretzka also added that the team will be ready and that the team is looking forward to the game very much.
Thomas Mueller was optimistic that Bayern Munich might beat Saint-Germain, as it did in the 2020 final, and that the team would remain in competition for the treble crown.
“I think we will be very motivated to do well,” Mueller said. “Let’s see what we have to say following Wednesday’s game.”
