Bayern Munich head coach Julian Nagelsmann praised the creativity of recent signing Joao Cancelo in Wednesday’s 4-0 win at Mainz 05 that booked their spot within the German Cup quarter-finals.
Full again Cancelo, who joined from Manchester City on an preliminary mortgage deal for the remainder of the season, arrange Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting for the opening purpose as Bayern bagged their first win of 2023.
“Joao played very well today. He was very creative, you saw the first pass he made, how he used the outside of the foot. There were two very good crosses to Thomas Mueller. He made a lot of runs from deep,” Nagelsmann instructed reporters.
“I think he tried to sprint 15 times into space. He’s done very well. I didn’t really have any worries about playing him.
“He’s been with one of best managers in the world and he played 160 games under him in the Premier League,” Nagelsmann mentioned, referring to City supervisor Pep Guardiola.
Bayern had drawn three video games within the Bundesliga earlier than Wednesday’s Cup win however Nagelsmann mentioned he was not nervous about their kind.
“As for our crisis, I think there is worse crisis than this. It’s quite a tough word to use. In general, we didn’t achieve the results, which we wanted and we should have done,” he mentioned.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com