FC Bayern are now three goals behind against Paris Saint-Germain – and are virtually eliminated from the Champions League. But the comeback qualities are extraordinary – and part of the identity of this team.
Even at the banquet that night, everyone involved had not yet processed what they had seen. What had taken place in the 90 minutes on the lawn of the Parc des Princes in Paris resembled a new sport or at least a new interpretation of what was previously popularly known as “football”. FC Bayern lost 4-5 at Paris Saint-Germain. A result that all the protagonists had a hard time categorizing.
Dreesen: “If you’re 2:5 behind, you’re actually dead”
The chairman of the board, Jan Christian Dreesen, spoke that night of a “historic day. There have never been nine goals in a Champions League semi-final game.” He particularly remembered the course of the game. In an open game, Munich went into the break 2-3 behind after a debatable hand penalty. After the restart, FC Bayern dominated the game, but Paris made it 5-2 with a double strike.
“If you’re 5-2 down, you’re actually dead,” admitted Dreesen. But the players then showed character, praised the Bayern boss. The team has “the courage, the will and the trust in themselves to keep making up for such deficits. That was extraordinary today. That’s what sets this team apart and we’ve never experienced it in this way before,” Dreesen continued.
The moral monsters strike again
“Many would have broken away,” Joshua Kimmich also recognized. “Nevertheless, we found a good mix between believing that we can still score two or three goals and not completely opening up at the back.” Manuel Neuer cheered up his colleagues after the Paris double strike, as he reported afterwards: “After conceding this fifth goal, I went to a few players. I believed that we could still get something here, that we could at least improve the result.”
This is not the first time the Munich team has shown morale this season. Even before the first leg against Real Madrid, coach Vincent Kompany’s team had Freiburg turned a 0-2 deficit into a win. The harbinger of the Champions League cracker in the French capital was a 4-3 win in Mainz after being 3-0 down. This time the team even managed the comeback from Paris without their coach. Kompany was missing with a yellow card and was suspended from his Assistant Aaron Danks represent. Dreesen gave him special praise that night: “You did a fantastic job.”
Eberl: “PSG has already seen each other in Budapest”
Sports director Max Eberl also emphasized the team’s resilience. After the 5-2 win, the Parisians “high-fived each other as if they were already through and going to Budapest and you come back against this backdrop. That’s special for me.” The final will take place in the Hungarian capital. Who will move into this is far from decided after yesterday evening. “We’re going home, we’re a goal behind and we know what we have to do. The Allianz Arena is a bit of a fortress and then hopefully we can celebrate.”
Kompany’s extraordinary request to the fans
So that the round in the north of Munich can become one in a week on Wednesday, coach Kompany took the fans to task and formulated an extraordinary request: “If someone has bought a ticket and they don’t feel well, they should stay at home and pass on their ticket to the fittest person.” The coach relies on the power of the 75,000 in the arena: “We have to win the game and we need this support.” It is questionable whether anyone who received a ticket for the second leg would voluntarily forego the promise of another such spectacle.
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Source: BR24Sport April 29, 2026 – 9:26 a.m
