(Reuters) – Bayern Munich is not going to change their attacking method once they go to RB Salzburg in a Champions League last-16 recreation on Wednesday regardless of their shock league defeat by VLF Bochum, coach Julian Nagelsmann stated.
Bayern misplaced 4-2 at Bochum on Saturday, conceding all 4 objectives within the first half to immediate media criticism of Nagelsmann’s attacking ways.
“My philosophy, my method, I’m not going to change that,” Bayern coach Nagelsmann instructed a information convention on Tuesday. “There’s a sure construction in our squad, although there are some gamers lacking.
“The humorous factor about soccer is that these discussions solely come up if you’re dropping. In our win over RB Leipzig, we had one much less defender than we did within the defeat to Bochum, however by some means everybody stated we had been too offensive in opposition to Bochum.
“In the top, it is all about the best way you play, not the system. I’m not going to change my method primarily based on what the media writes about us.”
Nagelsmann heaped reward on Salzburg sporting director Christoph Freund.
“He is an excellent sporting director who has a eager eye for expertise,” Nagelsmann stated. “Red Bull might be aggressive of their method to this recreation, and that is a great factor.
“They have an excellent workforce, with a whole lot of younger expertise. It would go in opposition to their DNA in the event that they had been defensive.”
The Austrian champions claimed a 1-0 victory over Sevilla within the closing group recreation to progress to the Champions League final 16 for the primary time.
Salzburg coach Matthias Jaissle stated his facet ought to draw confidence from the achievement, including that midfielder Nicolas Seiwald may begin in opposition to Bayern after overcoming a knee harm.
“The workforce right here has achieved historic issues. The boys ought to go into the sport tomorrow with this hard-earned self-confidence,” Jaissle instructed reporters.
“Nicolas Seiwald is fortuitously again, not but at 100%, however definitely a chance for tomorrow — even from the start.
“With Benjamin Sesko it’s nonetheless very questionable, in addition to with Zlatko Junuzovic, who’s fortuitously again in coaching after an extended harm break. Luka Sucic is sadly nonetheless behind in coaching after his sickness.”
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru, enhancing by Ed Osmond)
