"Hoffenheim were better in the first half. They won the tackles and did almost everything right. When the first half isn't perfect, it's important that we show a reaction - we did that. We immediately came out better in the second half and accepted that it wasn't good enough in the first half."
"You can't play perfectly in every match, there'll always be phases when the opponents get chances. Then you have to defend well, which we did. The second half was more like us: the way we moved the ball, how we pressed with and without the ball. We upped the level, increased the intensity, which made it hard for them. The goals again came at the right time. We got the win in the end."
Festival atmosphere in Munich and celebrations in Sinsheim framed FC Bayern's 4-1 victory at TSG Hoffenheim on Oktoberfest opening day. Bayern underperformed in the first half but produced an immediate and effective reaction after the break. The team increased intensity, improved ball movement and pressing, and finished chances efficiently to take control. Vincent Kompany noted Hoffenheim's first-half superiority and praised the second-half response. Harry Kane described the late first-half goal as important and credited the team's pressing and timely scoring. Jonathan Tah emphasized that the squad took control from the start of the second half.
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