As of: March 6, 2024, 1:41 p.m
By: Manuel Bonke, Vinzent Tschirpke, Philipp Kessler
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Munich coach Thomas Tuchel gives tactical instructions.
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Bayern beat Lazio 3-0 and are in the quarter-finals.
Now coach Thomas Tuchel & Co. are dreaming of the final.
Munich - The Champions League night was obviously short for Thomas Müller.
Although the Bayern veteran only left the Allianz Arena at the witching hour after the 3-0 (2-0) win against Lazio, he already spoke up on social media on Wednesday morning.
“Still hot,” he wrote – still euphoric about reaching the quarter-finals – under a picture that showed him with a thumbs-up gesture and a woolen hat in front of the blazing stove in the Reiterstüberl.
With their goals, Müller and double goalscorer Kane almost single-handedly ensured the longed-for feeling of success in the premier class.
“Survival and progressing to the quarter-finals is enormously important for the entire club – not just for us players as a small ad hoc moment, but also for the club’s charisma,” said the veteran and announced in the next breath: “We are and Of course, we want to continue to be a top club in top European football - and for that you definitely have to get to the quarter-finals and towards the semi-finals." Knowing full well that the Bundesliga championship is as good as Bayer Leverkusen's ten-point lead is away.
But hope finally dies for the original Bavarian: “From an attitude point of view, I would see it like this: We want to give the football god another chance so that he can keep the clichés - it doesn't look like Vizekusen at the moment, but we want to stick with it …”
Despite all the shell-taunting, the Henkelpott in Munich is the more realistic title this year.
Coach Thomas Tuchel also knows this: “The Champions League title is always the most attractive title and the most difficult title to win in Europe.
This is probably the hardest tournament in the world.
That's why it has an incredible appeal." This doesn't get any bigger if you leave at the end of the season and it doesn't get any smaller if you have a long-term contract: "It always stays the same for all of us.
But if we want to achieve that, we have to think step by step.”
Bosses are still exercising restraint
Despite this usual slogan, after the success against Lazio, the Munich football teacher made reaching the final his declared goal for the rest of his term in office until the summer: “Every team that is in the quarter-finals wants to get to the final – us too!
We have to keep going and stick with it.” But what does it take to be in the premier class final at Wembley Stadium in London on June 1st?
In Tuchel’s eyes, “a bit of luck” and the right form for the day.
While coaches and leading players dream of a big coup in the best Mia-san-mia style, the bosses are still exercising restraint.
For CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen, it would be “presumptuous to dream much, much further.”
After the recent setbacks, sports director Max Eberl called for a policy of “small steps” – even if this is not the case in Bavaria.
The draw in Nyon will take place on March 15th and the quarter-finals will take place on March 9th/10th.
and 17th/18th
April.
Perhaps Thomas Müller's Reiterstüberl oven will be used again if the Munich premier class fire continues to burn after this knockout round.
Manuel Bonke, Vinzent Tschirpke, Philipp Kessler