FC Bayern Munich’s head coach, Vincent Kompany, who took charge of his first UEFA Champions League (UCL) game with Bayern on Tuesday night with a 9-2 thumping of Dinamo Zagreb, has replied his critics who think the German Bundesliga club is bigger than him.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Kompany was appointed as the new head coach of Bayern Munich on on 29 May 2024, signing a three-year deal and taking over from Thomas Tuchel after the club failed to win trophies in the preceding season.
Kompany is said to have a passing and possession-based style of football as a coach similar to his former Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, but his critics have said the Bayern Munich job is bigger than him.
Addressing his skeptics, Kompany said: “I’d love to elaborate on the question. But it’s a simple job. I love working with the players, I try to improve them, I try to improve the team, I try to improve myself. It’s not really something I should answer. I could give you a deep answer, but it doesn’t really deserve it.
“I’ll tell you something in a quick way just to prove a point. I was born in Brussels, my dad was a refugee who came from Congo. What are my chances of even playing in the Premier League, winning something as a player, playing for the national team? The odds were 0.000 something. Now I’m a coach”.
“Do you just stop believing in yourself and what you can achieve because of what other people say?. The mentality is to keep going and in the end if you fail you fail, if you succeed you succeed. but you can always become better. Online you can always find stuff so I really don’t take it personal”.
“What am I supposed to do? Stop because of what other people think? Let’s encourage people to succeed and break barriers”.
Harry Kane scored four to inspire Bayern Munich to a wild 9-2 thumping of Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday night. Bayern went ahead through Kane’s penalty before Raphael Guerreiro and Michael Olise had them cruising at 3-0 at half-time.
The hosts conceded twice early in the second half as Manuel Neuer went off with a knock, but Kane and Olise soon re-established their dominance before the England skipper got his hat-trick from the spot and scored his fourth also via a penalty. There was even time for Leroy Sané and Leon Goretzka to swell the score.