The Champions League career from Thomas Müller at Bayern ended with the quarter-final out of Inter Milan. No more “final dahoam”, but no frustration with the veteran: “It hurts, the trip is over, but we tried everything.”
It could have been one of these magical Champions League evenings. A Thomas Müller evening. The veteran in the FC Bavaria jersey was in the starting eleven in the second leg against Milan, led his team as a captain on the field, gave the usual driver, whipped his team after leading, deficit, equalization.
And then came the fifth minute of stoppage time. It was 2: 2, FC Bayern urgently needed a goal to save itself into the extension. Somehow Thomas Müller came to the ball, headed, put the ball on the goal. But Inter-goalkeeper Yann Sommer dipped and buried the leather among themselves.
Record game without a happy ending
Thomas Müller once again gave the door opener for an extraordinary football evening. It was also his 163. Champions League game. Only Argentina legend Lionel Messi has the same. More just the former Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas (177) and Portugal Icon Cristiano Ronaldo (183).
But the happy ending failed-and in his last Champions League game for FC Bayern, possibly the last of his career, not as a loser, but still beat the field in the Milan Giuseppe-Mazza Stadium that the locals almost only call “San Siro” according to the district of the same name.
Müller: “Did the team give everything?”
Almost astonishing how quietly Müller (“I don’t feel that emotionally”) came to the reporter microphones shortly after the game. At “DAZN” there was only a slightly tortured smile. After that, he almost exceptionally ordered the game.
“We play football, I rate the game for myself. Have I given everything, can I look in the mirror? Did the team have given everything, can we look in the mirror?” Questions that Müller answered for himself with a clear “yes” on a thrilling Champions League evening.
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Müller pointed out that “against the best team in Italy”, which previously only conceded two goals in the entire Champions League season. Now the Munich team broke the Inter-Catenaccio three times in two games. “Of course we are disappointed, we had big goals. We have chances of chances, goals score,” said Müller.
A duel at eye level
But: “In the end I saw players on the pitch who gave them who gave everything. So everything okay. It was at eye level.” So someone speaks with the experience of 25 years at Bayern and 163 Champions League games. No bitterness, no frustration, but a clear analysis after an unfortunate.
Accordingly, Müller did not want to leave out a lot about the weaknesses of defense, for example at the goals. Or whether he might have had a goal himself.
Müller struggled with forgiven chance
Less in added time, Müller replied. What worried him more was his shot after six minutes, for example, where he did not get enough pressure behind the ball, the leather could not place perfectly. “We should have done one in the first quarter of an hour,” said his compact conclusion, where Bayern may have left a preliminary decision in the game.
Then he pulled the cabin. For the supposedly last time after a Champions League fan. Under the cheering of the hard-boiled FC Bavaria fans, who were still in their curve and celebrated their record player.
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04/16/2025 – 9:00 p.m.
