โข There are many rumours linking Michael Olise to Real Madrid. Did you tell him to stay?
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Thomas Mรผller talking about Bayern vs PSG in his newsletter:
"What a spectacle.
What both sides produced in Paris was a true advertisement for our sport. There was pace, skill, and intensity at the highest level - both offensively and defensively.
Despite the nine goals, I saw a lot of outstanding individual defensive actions in particular. All in all: you rarely see such an open exchange played with this level of quality.
My take: the second leg will be different. From the 60th minute onward, both teams will have the result in mind, and thatโs when the adjustments come. Whoever is in the lead will be willing to sit a bit deeper, while the other takes control. That dynamic will shape the return leg
5-4 is not a disaster. There are more comfortable situations, of course. But Paris only have a one-goal advantage, and the second leg is at home.
I actually liked Bayernโs performance in Paris even more than in the Madrid matches. That consistency in their own game and that level of belief - it matters, because mentally you first have to process going 5โ2 down.
Bayern kept playing their football. No reckless, all-out chaos - just a confident push for a comeback.
If Bayern deliver another 90 minutes like they did in Paris, theyโll win this by one or two goals
Let's do this!"
Luis Enrique responds to criticism that PSG vs Bayern was 'too open' and that the defending was bad:
"That's life, there are opinions everywhere. It's not important to respect every opinion. If it's a sh*t opinion, you don't have to respect it. There are people who like football played like that, they're the majority, and I'm one of them. But some people don't like it. We showed that most people who love football enjoyed the game
When I analyze a game, I usually spend three hours on it, this one took me five hours. There were some incredible plays, both offensively and defensively, from Bayern. There wasn't a single poor defensive performance, which is what made this game magnificent. It was a spectacular match from both teams
Especially the attackers, Look at how Kane and Dembรฉlรฉ, the two number 9s, defended. Both players gave everything, everything. It was incredible. This is a moment to congratulate both teams and enjoy this match. I think Bayern was the team that offered the most against us, that had the most attacking mindset. They're the strongest opponent I faced during my time at PSG, which is why I'm very happy. Your colleague asked me if I was annoyed about going from a 5-2 lead to a 5-4. No, I'm happy to have won against Bayern. We're going to Munich next week to win - but if we lose or draw, it won't be unfair."
if the bugs in Pokemon Champions teach us anything, we should be giving mad shoutouts to the Pokemon Showdown devs who maintain a stupidly complex suite of software and make it available for free
In the dressing room after the Inter second leg, which was his last Champions League game for Bayern, Thomas Mรผller made a symbolic 'passing of the baton'. Mรผller deliberately took Aleksandar Pavloviฤ and Josip Staniลกiฤ next to him, both homegrown players like himself, and told them: 'You have to keep going. Things go on. You can still win many titles here. Now is your time'
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