Awkward moment flustered Musiala fails to name single Feyenoord player as Bayern Munich star’s interview ages very badly

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JAMAL MUSIALA has been left red-faced by his interview before Bayern Munich’s clash with Feyenoord.

Dutch giants Feyenoord pulled off one of the shock results of the penultimate round of Champions League group matches by romping to a win over the Germans.

GETTYBayern Munich were left redfaced by Feyenoord in their Champions League clash[/caption]

AFPJamal Musiala insisted his Bayern team-mates wouldn’t underestimate the Dutch club[/caption]

YouTubeThe German has been left red-faced by his pre-match comments[/caption]

Brian Priske’s side – who are unknowns in comparison to the star-studded Germans – ran out 3-0 winners to keep their hopes of a top-eight finish alive.

The comprehensive defeat was embarrassing for Vincent Kompany‘s side.

But not as much as Musiala’s failure to name a single opposition player before the match.

When pressed on the Rotterdam club’s star men, the midfielder said on Tuesday night: “I’m bad with names. Can you tell me a name.

“We already had a meeting. I’m not good with names too much.

“We’ve known that they’re really good at their counterattacks and have a lot of quality.

“They have a young 19-year-old in midfield as well and they have a lot of quality.

“We’re not gonna underestimate them tomorrow.”

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New Champions League format is a snorefest

By Dan King

UEFA sold the idea of expanding the Champions League from 32 to 36 teams, with each playing eight games instead of six in the opening phase, as a way of creating more competitiveness and excitement.

The biggest clubs would have two matches against their peers, rather than having to wait until the knockout stage to meet.

The smaller clubs would meet teams of a similar level twice and have a chance of tasting victory that was so hard to achieve if you were the bottom seed in a group of four.

Ignoring for a moment the fact that the real motivation was the simple equation of more games = more money, the theory itself already looks flawed.

None of the matches between European giants has delivered a compelling contest yet.

And why would they? At the start of the long season with more matches in it, why would any team with ambitions to win things in the spring, go out all guns blazing in the autumn?

Especially when they know they have six games NOT against big sides to make sure they accrue enough points to qualify at least for the play-off round (and even more games).

There is even less jeopardy than before.

Read the full column on the Champions League format fail and why everyone – including YOU – needs a rethink.

Feynoord’s stunning win surprised many, but not Bayern boss Kompany.

He said: “We weren’t surprised. We are used to playing against this type of team.

“We often find a solution, find good moments. That didn’t work out today.

“We did run, we fought and gave it our all to have a good game, but the performance wasn’t good enough.

Feyenoord used their moments, we also had our moments but didn’t use them.”

The former Manchester City skipper continued: “I have to be honest, Feyenoord deserved their win.

EPAVincent Kompany was quick to praise Feyenoord for their stunning victory[/caption]

“They fought hard and ran. We had many chances, I felt we could’ve scored one, two, or even more goals.

“Feyenoord used their moments well. Individually and collectively it wasn’t enough from our side today.

“The best thing is that there’s another game in a couple of days and we can show a reaction.”

Bayern – who are 15th in the 36-team table – will welcome Slovakian champions Slovan Bratislava to the Allianz Arena in their final group match next Wednesday.

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