Premium croesus in the Champions League
After this big Champions League evening against Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé, the celebrated “Super-Bayern” were just bursting with confidence. “I don’t see anyone who is stronger,” declared FCB President Herbert Hainer fervently when looking at the competitors for the most valuable club title in Europe.
While the Munich stars disappeared into the night with happy expressions after the confident quarter-finals, Messi and Mbappé slipped away on the Allianz Arena pitch, just as inconspicuously as in the 90 minutes before. “You can see that you can’t do everything with money alone,” said Hainer. In the happy feeling of victory it was a bit of a dig at PSG, who were well fed from Qatar.
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The 1-0 in the first leg was followed by a tactically mature 2-0 in the second leg in front of 75,000 spectators on Wednesday evening. With a convincing victory, they “flown” into the quarter-finals, captain Thomas Müller rejoiced. Coach Julian Nagelsmann hopes that the appearance against PSG is a blueprint for further big tasks for Munich this season. “If we combine maximum greed and emotionality with the quality that we have, then we can achieve anything,” said the 35-year-old after a success that was also very important to him personally. “I am happy to be in the same boat that was rowed faster today than that of Paris.”
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Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (61st minute) and Serge Gnabry (89th) documented the difference with their goals in the replay of the 2020 final. At least as remarkable was the defensive performance of Munich. The team performance was “clearly” the key to success, said sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic and referred to an “outstanding second half”.
Nagelsmann also gave special praise for the defensive line. Croatian full-back Josip Stanisic “made a world-class game with the other two,” said the Bayern coach. By that he meant Dayot Upamecano and Matthijs de Ligt. The Dutchman prevented Vitinha from going behind before the break with a tackle on the line after a mistake by goalkeeper Yann Sommer. For the seventh time in the eighth game of this “premier class” season, the Munich team kept a clean sheet.
The rescue was “incredible,” said Sommer. “I’ve already said it a few times, I’ll put a truck of Swiss chocolate in front of his front door because he’s a great thinker.” In the stands, the injured national goalkeeper Manuel Neuer also cheered after De Ligt’s important tackle.
But the road to the final on June 10 in Istanbul is still a long way off. The quarterfinals as the next station will be drawn on March 17th. In addition to Bayern, Chelsea FC, AC Milan and Benfica Lisbon have all qualified so far. Then it’s also about millions of euros in revenue for the people of Munich.
Bonus bonus FC Bayern has already raked in 89 million in the Champions League
The Champions League remains a bubbling source of money for the bonus FC Bayern. The European Football Union (UEFA) rewarded reaching the quarter-finals with a further 10.6 million euros. The Munich team increased their premium income this season to EUR 89.02 million. Bayern have won all eight games in this “king class” season.
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In the case of winning the title, they would come up with a total of 121.52 million euros. In addition, there is also the viewer income from the home games and distributions from the market pool, each in the double-digit million range. Getting into the semi-finals would bring in 12.5 million euros. In the final on June 10th in Istanbul, the winner receives 20 million euros from the UEFA bonus pot, the loser receives 15.5 million euros.
PSG coach Galtier after Aus: “My colleague’s tactical victory”
Meanwhile, PSG coach Christophe Galtier identified the difficult schedule in the World Cup season as one of the reasons for his team’s knockout after the round of 16. “It’s not because of the formation of the squad, but because of a season with a fully loaded game calendar,” said the 56-year-old. Due to the Winter World Cup in Qatar, the schedule had to be adjusted. The stars of the top clubs had to play an exhausting tournament in the middle of the season. His protégés Messi (Argentina) and Mbappé (France) were with their national teams in the World Cup final.
PSG hit the Bayern duel mainly on the defensive. Captain Marquinhos had to leave the field early, and Nordi Mukiele, who came on for him, had to leave quickly afterwards. Presnel Kimpembe was out injured anyway. Galtier complained that the failures in defense were particularly serious. On offense he had to do without the injured Brazilian Neymar in the round of 16 second leg.
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After the 0-1 in the first leg, the star ensemble around Messi and Mbappé didn’t do enough to stop Bayern. When Galtier was asked whether it was also a tactical victory for Munich coach Nagelsmann, he replied: “You can say so. A tactical victory for my colleague, perhaps.” But the crux of the game was that no goal was scored in the first half.
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