Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is not surprised at the performance of the Bundesliga soccer teams in the Champions League.
The fact that four German teams played in the round of 16 was “good in principle,” said the former CEO of Bayern Munich in an interview with the media group “Münchner Merkur/tz” (Friday edition): “That hasn’t happened in the past few years. Nevertheless It’s not a big surprise to me that only Bayern Munich are now in the quarter-finals.”
Borussia Dortmund was “a bit unlucky to be eliminated against Chelsea, but the other two didn’t stand a chance,” said Rummenigge on the sidelines of the Women’s Sport Summit from “DAZN”.
Eintracht Frankfurt lost the round of 16 second leg at SSC Napoli 3-0 and RB Leipzig lost 7-0 at Manchester City.
FC Bayern “played convincingly,” said Rummenigge. Despite the two wins against Paris Saint-Germain, he hopes that the team will face the upcoming opponent “with respect and concentration” and “do not believe, like last year, that there are easy opponents in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Because they exist not.”
The pairings for the round of the top eight will be drawn on Friday (12:00) in Nyon, Switzerland.
