“If you have complete faith in Gotze, you do not go out and buy Douglas Costa”, Hitzfeld told Sky.
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Hamburg remain the field of screams.
Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben has labeled Douglas Costa as the club’s “special weapon” and is confident his new teammate will succeed with the Bundesliga giants.
Guardiola made nine changes from the side that opened the Bundesliga campaign with a 5-0 win over Hamburg, with only Robben and Philipp Lahm retaining their places in the starting XI.
Guardiola may well leave in the summer – Matthaus is probably not too far off the mark in that regard – but, for so many reasons, Bayern will not be considering Mourinho as his successor.
The match was organized for charitable purposes and had to be played during heavy rain.
The Tuchel big idea of grafting greater midfield precision and control to the rocket-booster attacks espoused by predecessor Jurgen Klopp, are especially benefitting Armenian playmaker, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who twice was on the score-sheet in the opening day romp. He gets his head to it but glances just wide.
With no return date for Franck Ribery from an ankle injury, Costa is a sure starter on the left wing, especially after his superb late goal off his left boot capped an outstanding league debut.
No other team in Bundesliga history has conceded more own-goals than Werder Bremen and on Saturday they were up to their old tricks, racking up their 53rd “Eigentor”, when Czech global full-back, Theo Gebre Selassie put Schalke en route to a comfortable 3-0 victory.
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Matthaus, who spent 12 years at the club as a player in two trophy-laden spells, believes Mourinho is the superior coach to Guardiola in many respects – citing the Chelsea boss’s man-management skills as one area in which he excels.
