Thomas Frank will not feel too good after seeing the action at the Allianz Arena. Bayern Munich put four past his men at their ground, but he still believes that the final friendly of their preseason does not determine it will be doom and gloom next week. He is sure the players will pull up their energy levels and Spurs "will be ready" to play against Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Super Cup.
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‘They hit a good level, we did not’
Excuse the pun, but Thomas was frank about the quality within the ranks of Die Roten at full time.
“We were obviously playing a very good team tonight.”
The Bavarians went down to the wire with the newest Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain, in the Club World Cup. They might only have been participating in their second game of preseason, but the likes of Harry Kane, Michael Olise, and Joshua Kimmich are amongst the best in the business.
“Bayern Munich in my opinion are one team that are favourites to win the Champions League. They hit a good level, we did not hit a good level, that’s a bad combination, but we will learn from this.”
The 51-year-old will compile his thoughts on this thrashing and hope that he can reenergise his group.
“I got some answers we will look into. We’ll reflect on it after the game now and look through it. It seems like we lacked some energy which we need to find – no team can play without that energy.”
This friendly does not bode well for the meeting with PSG in the UEFA Super Cup next Wednesday. Chelsea proved that the Parisians are mortal, putting three past the favourites in the Club World Cup final in July, but Spurs will need all the rest and recovery they can get to manage to mimic that result.
“We will 100 per cent be ready for that game, I’m not in doubt about that. There are six days ahead, we have a normal week for the first time in the last two weeks so with everything – just getting down, less travel, energise them, three or four good sessions – we will be ready for Paris Saint-Germain.”
The Dane does not feel it is time to catastrophise. He oversaw a 1-0 victory in the first foreign North London derby at the end of July and a 1-1 draw with Newcastle United last weekend. The signs from these two showings signal to him that this side are slowly getting used to his demands and standards.
“I think overall it’s positive. It was a negative performance and a negative result but overall there have been positive performances – the Arsenal one, we were pretty happy with a lot of the Newcastle one – then it’s about that consistency in the team and the principles we want to get into the players.”
Having arrived in the dugout in June, he does not doubt that more consistency will come with time.
“It will take a bit to get to that consistent level that we want, but I’m not in doubt we will get there.”
