Bayern Munich in their opening
league game of the season and the
coach insists they have not seen the
best of him yet
Pep Guardiola says Bayern Munich can expect
great things from Douglas Costa after the
winger's bright start to life at the Bundesliga
champions.
The Bavarian side started their league
campaign with a 5-0 win over Hamburg, with
the Brazilian attacker the star of the show as
he scored one and set up another in Franck
Ribery's absence.
Costa signed for Bayern this summer from
Shakhtar Donetsk for €30 million and
Guardiola insists there is much more to come
from him.
"This is just the beginning," the Spaniard told
reporters. "So far Costa has done well.
However, we did not sign him just for one
week, but for four years."
The former Barcelona coach also discussed
Dante, who was left out of last week's squad
and youngsters Gaudino, Sinan Kurt and
Julian Green, who remain in the reserves.
"All the players want to play, but I have to
take the decisions to not let them play. That is
my only problem.
"Young players have to play. It is not good if
they just training with the senior team. They
will train with us if we need them. Otherwise
they have to be with the reserves. For now I
think they are in the right place."
Guardiola faced criticism from Ottmar Hitzfeld,
who said Bayern are lacking a "German
mentality", a point that does not bother the
current coach.
"I don't have a German mentality," he added.
"I am Catalan. But I will do my best for this
club to win the treble like Jupp Heynckes did.
"When Hitzfeld won it, there were four
German players on the pitch at the
Champions League final. Today we have more
German internationals here."
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