Michael Olise divides football fans with uncomfortable interview after Bayern Munich win in Champions League
Michael Olise has left football fans with an awkward interview after bagging a brace in Bayern Munich's first Champions League game of the season.
Vincent Kompany's side trounced Bodo/Glimt 5-0 at the Allianz Arena, with all of the goals coming in the second half.
Jamal Musiala broke the deadlock in the 47th minute, before Harry Kane and Alphonso Davies got in on the act.
Olise added gloss on the win with a late double, which puts Bayern second in the overall league table after one game.
Michael Olise goes viral for brief interview answers after Man of the Match display
The Frenchman, one of the most in-form players in world football at the moment, was interviewed by DAZN following the win.
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But Olise, a man of few words, prompted reaction aplenty with the way in which he answered questions.
The interviewer praised his shooting ability and asked how it felt to score two brilliant goals, to which the Man of the Match replied: "I don't know".
He was asked whether it is something he thinks about or just does, with Olise commenting, "I shoot and it goes in or doesn't go in".
The presenter then made the point that if it is easy, everyone could do it as he said Olise was "the only one".
Laughing awkwardly, he said: "I'm not the only one who can score goals. I don't think so".
The former Crystal Palace winger's demeanour and short responses led to the journalist telling Olise that he "makes it quite difficult to do an interview".
The 24-year-old clearly prefers being on the pitch to being in interviews and naturally, his chat went viral.
One fan did not enjoy Olise's interview, writing on X: "Cannot be real adults laughing at this. Just comes across awfully, grown man putting on this act is beyond cringe."
A second said: "It's not funny and it shouldn't be normalised either. This kind of response is directly disrespectful to the journalist whose sole intention was to empathize with their interviewee.
A third added: "Now this is awful this is not nonchalant matter."
Another user had a different view, commenting: "I love this guy. He just wanna do his bob and go home."
A final person agreed and said: "Straight to the point man I love it."
Why Michael Olise rarely celebrates goals in an emotional manner explained
Olise is a unique character known for being incredible nonchalant and laidback and it even extends to his goal celebrations as well as interviews.
Often he will be muted even after curling one in the top corner. It dates back to his time playing for Reading, with Michael Morrison explaining it is not something he started doing when he got more popular.
"We’d say he’s a bit weird sometimes because when he scored goals, he sometimes wouldn’t celebrate," he told The Athletic.
"We’d be like, ‘Mike, you’ve just scored an important goal and you’re just walking back?’. What’s he doing?
"Then he’d play two-touch with the manager in the gym, he’d win a point in that, and he’d be shouting and celebrating, but on a Saturday, he’d score a goal in front of the home end and just stand there.
"We never really worked out why. He could never give us an answer but he’s just different; a special player."
Olise was asked the question during an interview with Highsnobiety in June and explained that he just doesn't get the same feeling as other players when he finds the net.
He said: "I am not a super emotional person. I don’t react the same way everyone else reacts."
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