juan carlos garrido said "a balance between defence and attack" would be crucial as his villarreal cf look to counter an fc bayern münchen side in fearsome goalscoring form.
juan carlos garrido said his villarreal cf side were determined to make life difficult for fc bayern münchen in their uefa champions league group a opener, though the prospect of playing the final in their own home stadium may prove an extra incentive for jupp heynckes' side.
villarreal coach juan carlos garrido
in a game like this you need a balance between defence and attack. a lot of people see us as an attacking team in the way we play with the ball, but i try to instil that balance in my players. i want my team to start winning by being strong in defence. we will work hard at bayern; we are not going to make it easy for them.
villarreal are nobody's favourites to win, but the three points would shake up the group and give us a lot of encouragement. playing in the champions league has a huge impact for the city; it's the largest competition in the world, and the region and club are proud to see villarreal playing against top-level european teams. now what we need to do is work and fight to get as far as possible.
bayern coach jupp heynckes
we are getting back to our best and we are in good form, but in the champions league anything is possible, but like a lot of germans, we also see ourselves as being in with a chance of making it to the final in munich. my players will not look down their noses at villarreal.
spanish football is very competitive and villarreal are a great team. personally, my return to the champions league does not make me nervous. i am calm. i see it with a cool head. i don't feel different, but the emotions come on the matchday, and not the day before.
