Julian Nagelsmann (34) suffered his third competitive defeat as Bayern coach on Friday night – and was really pissed off for the first time.
The expression on Nagelsmann’s face on the podium after the 2-1 defeat in Augsburg did not bode well. In fairness, he congratulated FCA on the home victory, which “in my eyes was not undeserved”, as Nagelsmann admitted. His team had made “extremely poor use” of the available space, especially in the first half. Nagelsmann was bothered by “a lot of back passes” and the rarely targeted actions in central midfield. These also caused the lack of breakthroughs on the wing, “which would have been possible very often”.
Once again this season, however, Nagelsmann complained above all about the defensive behaviour of his team. He criticised the “very identical manner “ of the two goals conceded, which reminded him of three goals conceded at Gladbach, the one against Freiburg and one against Benfica Lisbon in the Champions League. “We actually discussed it again two days ago, but made the same mistakes again today. “
Seconds later, Nagelsmann summed up his state of mind: “I’m also actually really pissed off at us today for the first day as Bayern coach. We have to do much better than we did today.” But he already has an approach in mind for how things should go better in the future. “If we play to nil for longer – we should already have that ambition – then the pressure from us will eventually be so great that we will also win the game. “
Time game from FCA? “That’s how it has to be in professional football “
In Kiev on Tuesday and at home against Bielefeld next Saturday, the lessons learned so far will be put to the test. Immediately after the final whistle, Nagelsmann rushed to referee Daniel Siebert and obviously needed to talk. The fact that “ruthless Augsburgers” (Nagelsmann) played for time was not a point of complaint, however. Because, said the Bayern coach appreciatively in the direction of FCA coach Markus Weinzierl: “I think that’s how it has to be in professional football. They did that cleverly.”
Nagelsmann was quick to block a question in the direction of Corona, Joshua Kimmich and whether his absence had been decisively felt. “I don’t think that’s an excuse.” After all, Kimmich could just as easily have “injured himself in final training. “