Bayern moves into the Champions League Round of 16 - is Müller's back problems slowing him down?
Created: 2022-10-13 15:08
By: Caroline Metz
After the 2:0 Thomas Müller could not continue playing due to back problems © IMAGO/Eibner-Pressefoto/Bert Harzer
FC Bayern was able to clearly prevail against Viktoria Pilsen in the Champions League.
Thomas Müller took over the role of striker - and caused a moment of shock.
Pilsen – Thomas Müller was only on the pitch for 28 minutes in the game against Viktoria Pilsen – then he had to be substituted due to back problems.
However, he made good use of this short time: he scored for the 2-0 lead and provided the template for Goretzka's 3-0.
FC Bayern dominated the game for long periods and presented themselves more skilfully in the duels.
The final score was 4:2, so the Munich team is continuing their winning streak in the Champions League.
In addition, the record champions moved early into the round of 16 of the Champions League, because FC Barcelona's match against Inter Milan ended in a draw.
The whole thing gets a special twist from the fact that Lewandowski's club is about to be eliminated from the Champions League prematurely - while his departure from FC Bayern is still much discussed and mourned.
Thomas Müller causes a moment of shock
The top performances in the Champions League give reason for hope – because the club is currently having to endure a lot of criticism in the Bundesliga.
There are also problems due to numerous failures: the decimated Bayern squad traveled to Pilsen with only 17 men.
Therefore, Müller caused a moment of shock with his substitution.
In the game he formed a storm duo with Sadio Mané, and quite successfully.
An injured Müller would be difficult to compensate.
After the match, coach Julian Nagelsmann immediately gave the all-clear: “The muscles in my back tightened a bit.
It's nothing bad.
There is no risk for the weekend," he explained to
DAZN
.
Müller himself was also able to reassure himself that it was "not bad, it looks like a nervous thing".
After the match, the man from Weilheim was in a good mood and said: "It's not natural to play games in the Champions League with such dominance and so many goals." Of course, you can't completely ignore the second half of the game - too strong reminds her of the slump in the duel against BVB.
"Of course I also know that we conceded two goals from the back," said Müller.
Nevertheless, he was "very satisfied".
Müller is self-confident: "We know who we are!"
Does such a good result give a boost for the upcoming Bundesliga match against Freiburg?
In an interview with
kicker
, Müller takes a very clear position on this: "Of course, with these negative results in the Bundesliga, we have our shares in it because we didn't do things well.
But I don't feel that we need to be unsure or need a good result to go into Sunday with a good feeling.
We have a home game against Freiburg, we know who we are and what it takes to win games."
Müller also commented on his new role as a center forward in Pilsen.
Beforehand, the question arose as to whether he had to play in a position that didn't really suit him.
"I played up front two or three times," said Müller, pointing to his goal against Leverkusen and the 4-0 win at the time.
That worked again against Pilsen.
"So I can't complain," said Müller.
"But let's take a look first!".
On Sunday, FC Bayern will play against SC Freiburg, who are only two points ahead of them in the table.
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