Walter Mazzarri all-praise for Bayern Munich and content with the draw: Champions League news
Napoli manager, Walter Mazzarri, is satisfied with the 1-1 draw against Bayern Munich on Tuesday, October 18, 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Toni-Kroos-c35425 provided the hosts with a lead in the 2nd minute of the match which was cancelled out by Holger Badstuber’s own goal in the first half.
Mazzarri is all-praise for the German giants and believes that it is a good result against one of the best teams in the world. Bayern Munich dominated throughout the game and Mazzarri admitted that his team was lucky to draw the
match.
The tactician added that Bayern are one of the best sides in the world when they have the possession and the physical nature of their game can cause problems for any side in the world.
Mazzarri said, “We were facing a fantastic team of the highest quality, then a few incidents didn’t go our way, so overall the draw is the right result. When Bayern have the ball, they can do anything, while their physical strength
means they can put pressure on us and force us to lose possession cheaply. In the last 10 games they have scored 25 goals and conceded just one, so that says a lot about the performance of my team.”
The former Sampdoria boss has differences with the refereeing decisions and believes that Paolo Cannavaro’s hand ball decision was harsh and his team could have also won a penalty after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bastian-Schweinsteiger-c7374 handed the ball.
“There was a moment when Marek Hamsik could’ve scored with a header, but Schweinsteiger got his arm in the way,”
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Morgan-De-Sanctis-c26801 made a superb save to deny Mario Gomez with a goal on the spot-kick and Mazzarri believes that justice was served.
The 50-year-old went onto praise his defenders for putting up a solid display and admitted that he thought about fielding a four man defence before the match.
Bayern remain top of the Group H with 7 points from 3 games, while Napoli are 2nd with 5 points. Other Group A team, Manchester City picked up a late win against Villarreal to keep their qualification hopes alive. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003
and Bayern will lock horns in the return leg of the game at the Allianz Arena next month.
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