The 33rd Bundesliga matchday has not been stingy with excitement so far. While Hertha BSC were relegated by a last-minute goal, Eintracht Frankfurt had to accept a draw with Schalke. Bayern surprisingly lost to RB Leipzig on Saturday night. These are the votes for the games:
- FC Bayern Munich – RB Leipzig 1: 3
Thomas Tuchel (FC Bayern Munich coach) … on the defeat: “If you play so far below your own level and the level is constantly falling, then it’s difficult to win games. Then it’s not enough.”
… on the performance: “I saw an ok initial phase that was enough to deserve a lead. We stopped after 30 minutes. We weren’t there in the second half. I have no explanation for that because we actually come from a good phase. I see the team train, feel the energy and see the spirit and their qualities.”
… on the mistakes: “It’s the little things that count. You have to be brave when it matters and everyone has to be in their gap in the 4-2 formation. When nobody moves anymore and nobody wants a ball anymore, then they give the balls away, you’re under pressure and you run after it. It looked ok what RB was playing. But it was only ok. It was just us. We lost the game because of our behavior. If I lose, I want to against a better team and not in a game, which just slips out of our hands because no one does what actually makes us strong anymore in the small details.”
… to the connection goal: “You have to do what is necessary and not duck your head. It is not necessary to solve the situation in a playful way. You have to adapt your behavior. If you cross the street in New York, you behave different than when you cross the street in Bogenhausen. If you walk without looking, you will be run over. It’s the adaptation.”
… on the Dortmund game: “I won’t watch the game. I wouldn’t have done that either if we had won today. I’ll watch our game again if I can do it.”
Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) … about the game: “Ripped off looks different. We are 1-0 ahead and then concede a counterattack after our own corner kick in our own stadium, with the opponent running on goal with four men. The duel before that is also unfortunate. Both Both Kingsley and Jamal wanted to do everything right but he wasn’t managed rigorously.Regardless, if you look at the second half, how RB scored three goals against us, you can see that we were very weak with the ball didn’t outplay us today, but we invited them with our own mistakes.”
… on the second half: “I don’t know why we weren’t able to bring our playing quality to the pitch in the second half today. RB reacted to our formation. Nevertheless, we should have done better.”
… to the goal: “I want to walk away from the game now and we have to put up with the blow in the neck. It’s still a week and we still have a game to win. Dortmund has to win both games. I want to see that. If they do that , then I congratulate you quite politely. Until then we will stay with you and do everything we can to get the three points next week.”
… on the idea that Bayern won’t become champions: “We have to stand together and bring in every spark we still have so that we can get three points in Cologne. Then we might become champions. If Bayern aren’t top of the table, then something is wrong. I don’t know how I would feel if we didn’t become champions. We’re going full throttle. It might also be self-protection now. I’ve experienced a few championships, even before Bayern were the favorites for the title. That’s why I know Me: There’s still something going on.”
Hasan Salihamidzic (Sports Director FC Bayern Munich) … about the game: “I was optimistic because we had a good week of training and improved. After 1-0 or half an hour we had nothing to oppose.”
… on Bayern’s problems: “The problems run deep, but I can’t say what our problems are. We have guys who have won many titles and have a good mentality. They pull in training, but today was a lot disappointing.”
… on the change of coach: “It’s not really in our hands anymore, but we tried everything and had problems even before the change of coach. If we don’t win a title, we can say that the change didn’t help. Thomas But Tuchel has done a good job. But he needs preparation with the team, then everything would go better. We would do it again and again because it was necessary.”
… about his job: “We made all decisions with the best of conscience for Bayern. I do my job 24/7. The fact that the team might not win a title is surprising to me too. I always stand behind the team. Maybe they need a season where they experience what it’s like not to win a title.”
Marco Rose (RB Leipzig coach) … when asked if he wants to make Dortmund champions (before the game): “Our plan is to qualify for the Champions League.”
… on the win: “Bayern weren’t much better than us, so we know why we won. At half-time we felt we could do a lot better. We lost balls that were too easy in the first half , were jittery with the ball and our pressing wasn’t intense enough. So we opened up space and conceded the goal. Then we wanted to be more compact overall and put more intensity in. However, we knew because there were two or three chances in the first half that something works today. With the counterattack and the goal, faith grew. Then we had them on the hook.”
… about Laimer’s statement that it’s nice in Munich: “He also thinks it’s nice in Leipzig. I think he only thinks it’s nice here because Salzburg is around the corner and he’s a young man from Salzburg.”
… on his future: “I have my contract and I really like being in Leipzig. That’s why I will definitely stay in Leipzig. We will talk about long-term constellations. It is important that we have reached the Champions League and now another highlight There are still two weeks to go before the cup final. We want to crown the season with a title. It’s also important that we keep the tension high and keep at it.”
Konrad Laimer (goal scorer RB Leipzig) … about the game: “We didn’t start the game very well. When it’s about everything for Bayern, like in a game like today, you can tell how well they can play. We still had our chances, which is why we said at half-time that we had to stay calm. We got our chances, we created them and therefore didn’t win undeservedly.”
… on his goal: “I run as long as I can, play to Christo. Then the ball falls in front of my feet again and I just hit it. Then the thing goes in. You know our and my switching strengths, that we “We can go forward with the pace. The momentum can also jump to our side. In the second half we finished it maturely and maturely.”
… on the Bayern-Dortmund long-distance duel: “It’s a shame for us that we can no longer play at the top. Especially when you see the game today. That’s football. Dortmund can do whatever they want tomorrow . We’re not interested in that. We wanted to go to the Champions League and we did it.”
… on his supposed move to Bayern Munich: “My contract expires in the summer. I won’t say anything about my move, except that it’s nice here and I don’t rule out moving here.”
Willi Orban (RB Leipzig) … to victory: “We made it with the courageous second half, in which we had significantly better access and more ball wins. We scored nice goals there. At half-time we knew we had to change something. We had to defend better. That’s how we won the ball more and made it into the box. We were also lucky with the penalties.”
…on Bayern’s performance: “They slowed down in the second half and tried to manage and control the game. But we got going better. It was difficult for Bayern to flip a switch.”
… on the Champions League place: “Our goal has been achieved. It took a long time until the penultimate match day, but there was something about achieving it in Munich.”
- Hertha BSC 1-1 VfL Bochum
Pal Dardai (Hertha BSC coach): “Hertha BSC didn’t get relegated today, the performance was good. Relegation is bad for everyone. We have to put it off, learn from our mistakes and then be proud again. It hurts. It’s tough. It’s not nice. But we have to work now for the future.”
Thomas Letsch (Hertha BSC coach): “It was a great game for a neutral spectator. The team didn’t give up and scored a goal. It was very important for us. We’re ahead of FC Schalke and it’s in our own hands. We’re happy to get the point , but are far from euphoric.”
- Schalke 04 – Eintracht Frankfurt 2: 2
Thomas Reis (Schalke 04 coach): “Of course we wanted to get three points, but we didn’t manage that. Now we’re hoping that our direct competitor doesn’t score three times over. So that we can start the final matchday from the position we’re in now. We have to put in a very good performance in Leipzig bring.”
Oliver Glasner (Eintracht Frankfurt coach): “It was deja vu for us in the last away games. If you’re right behind with the first action in this crazy atmosphere, then it becomes even more difficult. I think we showed a very good reaction and the game went into the We got a grip. We tried everything but then took the lead. It’s all the more annoying that we gave it away through a simple mistake. It’s a reflection of our last away games.”
- TSG Hoffenheim – Union Berlin 4: 2
Pellegrino Matarazzo (TSG Hoffenheim coach): “We saw a good first half from us. That was clever, that was mature. We took our chances effectively. In the second half we had to withstand the enormous pressure from Union.”
Urs Fischer (Coach Union Berlin): “What can I say? Football is a game of mistakes. Today we made too many mistakes. We made individual mistakes and gave gifts. The second half was very good, we created pressure and had two huge chances to make it 2-2.”
- Werder Bremen – 1. FC Cologne 1:1
Ole Werner (Werder Bremen coach): “We’ve achieved our goal for the season and are staying in the league. Some of our players’ heads got tired. Our equalizing goal was not undeserved, but overall we were lucky this time, which we’ve sometimes lacked recently.”
Steffen Baumgart (Coach 1. FC Cologne): “All in all, we’re happy to take this point with us. We played a very good first half, but then Bremen got into the game better. It’s nice that both clubs will see each other again in the Bundesliga next season.”
- SC Freiburg – VfL Wolfsburg 2:0
Christian Streich (Coach SC Freiburg): “You will never forget the game. I don’t know what it will be like without Nils Petersen in the dressing room. He came off the bench more often, but he carried everything for the team. We will stay in touch for life. “
Niko Kovac (VfL Wolfsburg coach): “In the end it was a deserved defeat. The game was balanced up to the 70th minute. Then we conceded the goal with a deflected shot. After that we lost faith. The last 20 minutes were crucial.”