"It’s special to play with Harry Kane" - Luis Díaz after Supercup-winning debut for Bayern Munich
Luis Díaz and Harry Kane shared their mutual admiration for one another after both players scored to help Bayern Munich to a 2-1 win over VfB Stuttgart in the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup.
bundesliga.com rounds up the reaction to the traditional season-opening fixture, won for a record-extending 11th time by the men from Munich...
Luis Díaz (forward): "I’m so happy tonight. To score was really special. My first official title and my first goal for Bayern - what can I say? It was a spectacular night for me. I want to win as many titles as I can here. I tried to find a great club that competes in big competitions and I’m happy to be here. It’s special to play with Harry Kane, he’s a phenomenon. It’s really easy to play alongside him as he has so much quality; it’s a privilege."
Harry Kane (forward): "It was a great game for us and such an important encounter at this stage of the season. We’ve had a few weeks training and the boys looked good tonight. We could have scored a few more and made things easy for ourselves. It’s great to have Luis Díaz. He’s a great guy and a top, top player. He gets into those dangerous areas and has a finisher’s instinct. We will need that this season. The mentality of this squad is to celebrate every trophy like it’s the first. We are building on what we did last year, the foundations are there. We are ready to go full gas from now, starting against Leipzig on Friday."
Watch: Luis Díaz's first Bayern goal
Joshua Kimmich (midfielder): “I’m very proud. Today it was about a title but also showing that we’re here. We did that well. We needed to take our chances better in the first half. We also had a few opportunities on the break in the second half. We were a bit lucky halfway through the first half as well. Stuttgart also had some good chances. At the end of the day, it’s very much a deserved win. There’s no sense yet talking about other titles. We’ll now focus on Friday. We want to win another match there.”
Manuel Neuer (goalkeeper): “It’s a title! That’s obviously very important for us. You didn’t sense any tiredness with us. We could’ve been cleverer at the end, but we’re happy. I want to help the team and enjoy success. We did that today. Stuttgart are a tough team to play against. They did well, but we deserved to win. We were always the better team in our pre-season games. We want to take that into the league.”
Vincent Kompany (coach): “The title is extra important because it’s the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup – that’ll always be special for Bayern. It’s never easy in Stuttgart, but we came here and delivered. Obviously we would’ve liked a longer pre-season, but moaning doesn’t help. We’ve spoken about that. We had the chance to start out with a title. That was our goal and we’ve achieved it. Today was a good first step.”
Watch: VfB Stuttgart 1-2 Bayern Munich - highlights
Atakan Karazor (midfielder): "The reason they won is because of their quality. We showed good pace and the focus was good. Those are the things we need to look at and that will motivate us. We shouldn’t let our heads drop. We could have drawn or even won this game tonight, so we need to keep our heads up."
Deniz Undav (forward): "It’s all about the details. We have to speak about the game and watch the video back. The new season is starting - we have give everything against Union Berlin [on Matchday 1]. We want to have a better season than last year."
Angelo Stiller (midfielder): “We had our chances to score and if you want to get something against Bayern then you have to do more with them. We threw everything at them and kept trying. Now we need to focus on our Bundesliga opener at Union Berlin.”
Sebastian Hoeneß (coach): “It’s a needless defeat from my point of view. When I see the chances, I might say it’s maybe fair, but on the whole it’s very annoying and needless. We need to be more mature. Still, it was a game where Bayern had to go to their limit, even though it counted for nothing in the end.”
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