"He brings fresh ideas": Kompany on FCA boss Sandro Wagner | OneFootball

Before the Bavarian duel in Augsburg, Vincent Kompany speaks about his coaching counterpart. He expresses curiosity about their first encounter.

FC Bayern will visit FC Augsburg on Saturday evening—and will face Sandro Wagner, who is newly installed on the FCA bench. At the pre-match press conference, Vincent Kompany showed respect for his colleague, whom he has not yet met in person.

“It’s always fascinating when a new coach comes in. It brings new ideas and new challenges for us,” said the Bayern coach. He has studied the opponent intensively. “You study your opponent with great interest. I don’t know him personally, but I know what he has achieved in the past—in Unterhaching and with the national team. But this is about this game. I hope we can repeat our performance from the Leipzig match so that we have the best chance of winning.”

Wagner appears confident and ready to fight

Sandro Wagner approaches the match with a clear attitude—big names don’t intimidate him. “I’m not going to crap my pants before tomorrow’s game,” the 37-year-old stated bluntly. For him, every game is equally important; he doesn’t believe in bonus games. In preparation, they worked on many tactical variants and tested different spaces and pressing heights. The goal is to appear bold and well-prepared, even against Bayern.

Meanwhile, Kompany warns of an opponent who is likely to be especially motivated against the record champions: “I always assume that every team playing against Bayern feels like they’re playing for a title. We’ve seen that often. But you must not underestimate how hungry we are, how fired up we are for this game.”

Kompany demands effort to the limit

The 39-year-old made it clear that Munich does not want to rely solely on their individual class: “We have a lot of quality, but we don’t want to be measured by that alone. The foundation is hard work, fighting spirit, and players who are ready to go to the limit. We bring our basics into every game—that includes the hunger to win, including tomorrow.”

While Wagner will be coaching his first home game as a Bundesliga manager, Kompany is entering his second season with FC Bayern. Both teams started with a win—the floodlit duel at the WWK Arena promises an intense encounter.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.