RB Leipzig defender Willi Orban offered a brutally honest assessment of his team’s performance against Bayern Munich, admitting that the visitors never came close to delivering the level required to compete with the Bundesliga champions.
“I think the result says it all. We got nowhere near our limit and did very little of what we wanted to do. Bayern were very dominant and even had chances to score more goals. It was an awful game from us. At half-time, we focused on what we’d done badly and wanted to do better, but then we conceded the next goal with Bayern’s first attack after the restart. Towards the end, we did a bit better, but on the whole we did so many things wrong today,” Orban said (as captured by FCBayern.com).
Orban’s frustration is understandable. Leipzig went into the match knowing they would need an outstanding collective performance, yet they struggled to execute their game plan and contain Bayern’s attacking threat.
The goal conceded immediately after half-time was especially damaging. Any hope of mounting a response was quickly undermined, allowing Bayern to maintain control and further expose Leipzig’s defensive weaknesses. Orban also acknowledged that Bayern could have scored more, which says plenty about the gulf between the teams on the day.
From a Bayern perspective, this was an encouraging sign of the team’s ruthlessness. Kompany’s players did not allow Leipzig’s half-time adjustments to change the momentum. The challenge now is maintaining that standard against tougher European opposition, where Bayern will need to be just as clinical and disciplined.
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