Narrow win at third-tier side: Kimmich defends Bayern’s style of play | OneFootball

Joshua Kimmich and FC Bayern secured their place in the second round of the DFB-Pokal at the last minute. The midfielder defended the Munich team's style of play after the final whistle.

Thanks to Harry Kane's header in the 94th minute, FC Bayern won 3:2 against third division team Wehen Wiesbaden and advanced to the second round of the DFB-Pokal. Joshua Kimmich said after the final whistle on the ZDF microphone: "In the cup, it's all about progressing. Of course, we would have liked to have done it a bit more confidently today. I think he [coach Vincent Kompany] prefers it when we have a multitude of chances and miss a few, rather than not having any at all."

For Kimmich, the reason it became so exciting was mainly because the game was not decided earlier: "We already know today that we are to blame for it becoming exciting," said the Bayern star, who continued: "I do believe that today's chance conversion was to blame for it becoming exciting at the end. It wasn't as if I felt it was exciting for a long time. We had it under control, we had it in hand."

Kimmich draws comparison with Saarbrücken

About two years ago, the Munich team were knocked out in the second round of the cup by 1. FC Saarbrücken. When asked what has changed since then, Kimmich said: "We were knocked out then because we lost our heads and desperately wanted to score. Today we also wanted to score, but we knew that if we went into extra time, we would have another 30 minutes to do so. The important thing was that we didn't concede any more."

Despite the narrow victory, Kimmich is generally satisfied with how his team responded to the double strike by the Wiesbaden striker. In conclusion, he therefore stated: "I have already emphasized a few times that our style of play looks a bit different. I also think for the neutral observer it is already the case that we control the games, that we have a lot of possession, high pressing, many high ball recoveries and scoring chances. This was not always the case in recent years. I believe that we are on a very good path."

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