Ex-Bayern star
Thomas Müller is now the most successful German footballer
Thomas Müller gets his next title – and solves a former teammate as hungry German footballer. Müller himself does not want to know anything about it.
The next milestone in Thomas Müller’s career has been reached: With the Vancouver Whitecaps, the 36-year-old won the Canadian Championship final against the local rival Vancouver FC (final score 4: 2)-and thus the Canadian championship. Müller scored in the 10th minute by penalty.
It is the 35th title of his career for the former Bayern Munich player. This makes Müller the most successful German footballer ever. So far he was the same with Toni Kroos (34 titles). However, he ended his career last year, Meanwhile, Müller continues to go on goal and title in Canada.
Thomas Müller is modest
Does he see himself as the most successful German footballer? “I would rather say: ‘The most successful title hamster in Germany’, “said Müller recently the” Sport Bild “and added:” The question is always: How important you? One becomes a national champion more often, the other has more Champions League victories in the account. “
He alludes to that Toni Kroos The Champions League won six times – once with Bayern and five times with Real Madrid. Müller, on the other hand, only won the highest title in European football with the Munich team twice. However, in the final against Borussia Dortmund in 2013 he was in the starting eleven, while Kroos had to fit.
The following year, Müller and Kroos, as teammates in the national team, succeeded in the greatest success of their two careers: the world championship title in the Rio final.
300th goal of the professional career
As in Munich and the DFB team, Thomas Müller also played a large part in the success of the association with his new employer, the Vancouver Whitecaps. In the 5th minute of the final against the Vancouver FC, he initiated the lead through Ali Ahmed. A short time later, in the 10th minute, he converted a penalty to 2-0 – it was the 300th goal of his professional career, which also contributed to his 35th title.
The Canadian Ahmed (37th) and the substitute Ryan Gauld (83.) substitute for Müller scored the further goals for the team from the North American professional league MLS. For the Vancouver FC from the Canadian league, in front of 18,372 spectators Thierno Bah (35th) and Nicolas Mezquida (85th).
Müller plays league games with the Vancouver Whitecaps in the Major League Soccer (MLS). The Canadian Championship is the national cup competition for Canadian football clubs. Due to the victory, Müller with the Whitecaps is now also qualified for the Champions Cup of the North and Central American Association Concacaf.
LW / with material from the dpa news agency
Source: Stern
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