Wagner with a clear message: "Only three points at stake against Bayern" | OneFootball

Sandro Wagner sends a clear message ahead of the top match against FC Bayern. The new coach of FC Augsburg stated in the Bild podcast "Phrasenmäher" that for him, even against the German record champion, only victory counts.

"Always for the win. No matter who the opponent is," says Wagner. This philosophy has nothing to do with his Munich past, but is part of his character: "I don't have the Bayern gene, but the Sandro Wagner gene. I always want to win - always!"

Reunion with Bayern

For Wagner, the duel with his former club is a special encounter. The 37-year-old spent 13 years in the youth department of the record champion and returned in 2018 for a year as a striker to act as backup for Robert Lewandowski. Now he meets Munich for the first time as a Bundesliga head coach.

Augsburg wants to attack

Since summer, Wagner has been on the sidelines at FCA - his first Bundesliga station as head coach. After the 3:1 opening win in Freiburg, he senses a mood of departure in Swabia. "In recent years, FCA has always been in the second half of the table, and I want us to sneak up on the top teams in all respects and move between the first and second halves of the table. We want to surprise, attack everything that moves."

He made it clear that he is in the right place in Augsburg: "If FCA had told me they wanted to be first, I would have said: WOW, COOL - but difficult from the start. If they had said that 15th place was enough for them, it would not have been the right club."

Wagner deliberately refrains from holding back against big opponents. On Saturday evening, his team meets Bayern in the WWK Arena - the very club that has shaped him. But he doesn't think of reverence: "For me, only victory counts. Whether we play against Freiburg, Bayern or whoever."

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