Bayern Munich’s Rafinha pleased with his team’s first win of the season – Bundesliga news
Bayern Munich defender Rafinha has expressed pleasure at his side’s first win of the Bundesliga season, against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfL-Wolfsburg-c40881. The two teams met on Saturday, August 13, at Volkswagen Arena.
The defender reckons that his team were given a hard time by the hosts but in the end it was a deserved win. The Brazilian hailed the efforts of midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luiz-Gustavo-c22844, whose injury time strike propelled Bayern to all the three points.
The 25-year-old mentioned that Bayern went into the game under pressure especially after an opening week loss to Borussia Monchengladbach. Rafinha claimed that this team won’t break this winning momentum going into the game against FC Zurich.
The Bavarians are to play Zurich in their Champions League play-off match on Wednesday, August 17. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 international reserved praise for the opponents, whom he reckoned were outstanding against all odds.
While talking to reporters, Rafinha further added, "[The win] was very important. We had a good match. In the first-half we created some opportunities that could have been transformed into goals, but we didn't manage to score. We also had a clear chance
at the beginning of the second period, but the important thing is that the victory came in the last minute. This is good because it gives the team confidence and we can go into the match on Wednesday with this confidence."
The former Genoa defender urged his side to keep the momentum going and was confident of posting a win over Zurich. Rafinha also considered his side unlucky after losing out to Gladbach in the opening week. The player enthused that his team have a perfect
opportunity of clinching on to silverware this time around.
The defender joined Bayern Munich during the summer transfer window from Genoa after spending only a year with the Italian outfit.
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