Champions League Bayern's technical director praises Los Blancos

Asensio provides the magic to remind Real Madrid of his quality

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Bayern Munich visit Real Madrid on Tuesday night with the clear intention to win their Champions League match and subsequently the tie against Los Blancos, and ahead of the second leg, the Bavarian's technical director, Michael Reschke, had words of praise for Jose Angel Sanchez for his ability to sign Marco Asensio for just 3.5 million euros.

Reschke also took time to analyse where the game could be won or lost.

Analysis of Real's strategy

"Real Madrid players have a very special mentality and this gives the team a lot of strength. They have the German spirit!" he said.

"When nothing else works, their secret weapon, Sergio Ramos, scores a goal."

Vidal and Kroos

"They are completely different: one is an ice cube and the other is a volcano. Vidal is a fighter. They are both world class but they couldn't share the same qualities," Reschke continued.

"If they tried to behave like the other, the result will be nothing."

Philip Lahm and Dani Carvajal

"We are looking for a right back, Lahm has been among the top ten in the world for ten years and finding a player at this level is very complicated," he said.

"For me the best right-back in the world after Lahm is Dani Carvajal."

The great discovery

The German says he congratulated Jose Angel Sanchez, responsible for the signing of Marco Asensio, for the player's purchase of 3.5 million euros.

"You have to make him a monument!" he said, adding that he doesn't believe that Real will let him leave for anything less than 50m.

Thiago Alcantara

Reschke considers that Thiago is a very special player because "he combines intuition with strategic ability," to which he added that "sometimes his game is so virtuous he seems to have hands instead of feet."

The image of Pep Guardiola

Asked the question about whether the image of Guardiola among the players is the same as the media have of him, the German was resounding.

"I was 35 years old at Leverkusen, and one of the reasons for going to Bayern was the prospect of working with Pep."