Thomas Müller gives bizarre interview – and spreads optimism

It could have been one of these stories that football romanticists tell themselves years later: 35-year-old Thomas Müller, whose farewell to Bayern became FC, hits Joker in the Champions League quarter-finals to compensate for Inter Milan (85th minute). At that moment, some fans of the record champions probably believed in a late turn of the game. The Allianz Arena trembled and Müller roared the frustration with the usual unorthodox goal. “What went through my head? The thyroid gland stalled how stupid and released something. Otherwise I didn’t think much,” he said afterwards.

But shortly afterwards, the perfect Müller-Story got a mighty damper: Inters Davide Frattesi immediately placed 2-1 for the Italians in the 88th minute. Thanks to its goal, the Munich final Dahoam gets far away in this Champions League season. The quarter-finals first leg could have been Thomas Müller’s last home game in the premier class for FC Bayern. Maybe even his last overall, because the future of the veteran is still unclear.

However, Müller would not be Müller if he could throw himself off the track. Also, he did not agree in the canon of some fans and media that Bayern coach Vincent Kompany should have put him up for the injured Jamal Musiala instead of Raphaël Guerreiro. “Maybe the future coach Thomas Müller would have brought the player Thomas Müller from the start today?” “An interesting question that I don’t fell on of course now,” replied Müller. “Until the second leg is not played, it is not about any side war locations.”

Miller moderated further questions about his person. “Do I just have my farewell game or a quarter-final first leg? I want to talk about the game. I’m not on a Farewell tour here, I’m athlete.” When the reporter then let him, the analysis of the athlete Müller followed: “We still had a few opportunities in the second half.” It was annoying that Bayern do not use them and that it was 1: 2 in the end. “Otherwise we would have said: 1-1, well returned, Müller scored a goal,” said Müller, adding with a wink towards Benesch: “Then we could have played your first -time story. Actually, you have to complain to Inter.”

A few hours later, shortly before midnight, Thomas Müller left the stadium after the time-consuming doping control with a “certain disappointment, but also confidence”. A touch of despite also swung with: “We have a goal now. This is nothing in football. This is an action.” Müller does not want his Champions League trip to the Bayern jersey in Milan next Wednesday, 45 days before the longed for Dahoam in the Munich Arena, his football living room. With a view to the second leg, he spread a “we-wasteland-the feeling” when he made his way home. His route is: “Full strength ahead!” Maybe there will still be a magical Müller evening in the San Siro.