It is over.
Thomas Müller’s final game at Bayern Munich ended in a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain at the Club World Cup. It was an ending that the veteran did not see coming.
“We were so focused on advancing, and now things have turned out this way. We have to process that first. It’s always a strange situation at these tournaments: you actually assume you were going back to the hotel, to the base camp, to prepare the next round. And now you’re going there to pack your bags. That has to sink in a bit,” Müller said (as captured by @iMiaSanMia). “If you look at the game, everything was possible today. We played well and competed really well. We had them under control in the first half.
“Our pressing even forced them to take risks in the second half. They played a lot more long balls. We had two offside goals and a lot of situations where we were just a little bit offside. Things got really wild towards the end, even too heated. With eleven against nine, we would have had good chances to win it in extra time had we snatched an equalizer.”
The reality for Müller and fans alike will hit hard in the coming days. The loss to PSG is just a microcosm in the legendary career of Müller, whose future is not yet determined.
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