Thomas Tuchel warns Lazio
Thomas Tuchel’s words on the eve of Bayern Munich-Lazio
Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel spoke at a press conference on the eve of the Champions League round of 16 return match against Lazio: "Tomorrow a final for me? I don’t think so. I cannot speak for others. I can say that no one has more ambition than me to win tomorrow’s game. The situation è is clear: we need to win with two goals against an Italian team. Pressure is also part of performing at the highest level and is necessary to do extraordinary things. We need to win, and do it against a well-organized Sarri team. We hope the fans and the atmosphere will give us the boost to achieve the goal of winning by two goals".
"The team is getting so much support. This è my work and my belief,” he added. Last time we helped them with a change of style of play. We have to be a bit more aggressive in our challenges. The team will continue to get support, especially at a time when things are tough. The desire clearly shows. Tomorrow the important thing is to be there from the first minute, it takes patience. It is about not getting frustrated, not losing our heads, not opening up completely. We have no time to waste. We have 90 minutes. We can't wait to attack. Time plays in Lazio's favor. We need a mix of lucidity and charge. You should be able to see from the start that we want to score".
On the possible lineup: "Sané? He è has not been able to play without pain for a long time. I hope he can train fully today. He è trained with the group yesterday. He has a pain threshold that he canè tolerate. He will be in the squad and he will be able to play. Gnabry has been injured for months, it will take a while to recover him. He will talk to us again, maybe tomorrow we will bring him on the bench. Davies è definitely an alternative, he could probably play even more than 90 minutes. But now he won’t reveal the exact lineup. Kane? He doesn’t need any more motivation. He has a great impact on every team, on every player. He’s not very outspoken, he doesn’t talk too much, but he does things in a very focused way. È a pleasure to have him on the team, a gift to be his coach. Tomorrow he will do his part. We can count on him 100%".
On the biancocelesti: "We were not surprised by Lazio's strength and approach. We will try to play more aggressively. We need more conviction. In the second half we made too many mistakes on the restart gone. Their last games in the league count so much. We saw them and analyzed them of course. We have to start the game with courage and passion and continue like this for 90 minutes to put them under pressure. Talking about titles does not win you titles. We have to train well today and play well tomorrow. We definitely need a stadium full of emotion. It is up to us to convey that emotion to the players, we need a top performance".
"The problem we have had this season è that we have not had the opportunity" to play with the same four-man defense. We have always performed well as a team. Lately we have conceded too many goals because of our mistakes. We know Ciro Immobile, we held him well for long stretches in the first leg. It would not surprise me if Lazio play on the counterattack tomorrow. We need a lot of ball possession and good defense when we attack, and all this over 90 minutes at a very high level" concluded Tuchel.
