Nagelsmann got beat up by Villarreal because of disrespect, and he no longer defends Sane and talks about the priority of victories over brilliance
After leaving the Champions League, Villarreal attacked Nagelsmann: Dani Parejo openly accused the German of disrespect because of the words about the desire to suppress the Spaniards in one match, and Unai Emery teased after the match for the same reason (“They didn’t finish us. And paid for This”). The coach received 450 death wishes messages. “There are a lot of excuses in football,” the coach said. “Only I have to take the blame and be responsible. It is fashionable in sports to hide from this. I won’t do that. I will not blame it all on someone and say that they are to blame. I will learn from everything that has to do with tactics and football issues. After a difficult 1-0 victory over the modest Augsburg, Nagelsmann issued a verdict unusual for a hegemon coach: “In the first half, everything was not very good anyway. And although the first 20 minutes after the break were better, but then there was a decline again – we played well only for the last ten minutes. Now we need not to shine, but to defend well and win. We did it. I’m satisfied.” After the same match, Nagelsmann also had a strange speech about Leroy Sane. This season, the coach constantly defended Leroy – and he responded to Julian with a good game. Now Sane is far from being in shape: he has not scored in seven matches. “I really like Sane as a player and as a person. Everyone knows about his incredible qualities. Leroy is self-critical and knows himself that he is not playing well. Why does he play like that? I don’t know, ”the coach did not cover the player.