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FC Bayern Munich wins the Champions League
Bayern Munich is the 2020 Champions League winner. The team of coach Hansi Flick narrowly prevailed in the final in Lisbon against Paris St. Germain. For Bayern it is the sixth success in the most important European cup. After Jupp Heynckes 2013, Flick is the second triple coach in the club’s history.
FC Bayern wins the Champions League. Many players shine in the final against Paris Saint-Germain. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who showed a terrific game, received a lot of praise. The reactions.
In boundless jubilation, Manuel Neuer raised the silver handlebar pot into the night sky of Lisbon, around the captain of FC Bayern the Munich triple kings danced and sang to kick off a long party night: “Campeones, Campeones, olé!” At the end of the extraordinary Corona -Season, the German record champions achieved the greatest of all goals: In a thrilling Champions League final against Thomas Tuchel’s Paris Saint-Germain, the Munich team was crowned Europe’s football kings by super trainer Hans-Dieter “Hansi” Flick.
Heroes of the evening were the Paris-born Kingsley Coman with the most important goal of his career and Neuer, who defused several opponents’ chances. Immediately after the game, he bought a souvenir and cut off a part of the goal net that he wouldn’t let the ball into.
The reactions to triumph
Manuel Neuer: “It’s hard to realize right after the game. The joy was of course huge after the final whistle. It was another five minutes of stoppage time and we were all waiting for the referee to finally blow the whistle. That we deserved and wished for it is really a dream for all of us. Maybe it’s never been so fun to play for this team. I also played a great game. “
Thomas Müller: “This is madness. I am happy that I was able to show that I don’t belong on the waste glass container. We marched, we are there for one another, we are of enormous quality. We have a journey behind us. The bunch is amazing, from A to Z. We came from relatively far down, from the feeling that it was definitely autumn. We have made a run here that is sensational. And then we have Manuel in goal, madness. You don’t have to pretend it happened quite unexpectedly, but that he’s always there in games like this – he’s number one. “
Made it, Bayern have the trophy
Source: AFP / MANU FERNANDEZ
Trainer Hans-Dieter Flick: “The fact that the team took this path consistently today was simply great. Because of the second half we deserved to win. “
PSG-Trainer Thomas Tuchel: “I saw a great fight, we played with great intensity. We really wanted to know and we can also pull the game 1-0 over to our side. Manuel Neuer, that almost borders on the distortion of competition, is unfortunately in absolute top form for us at the wrong moment – for weeks now. He took the goalkeeping game to a new level. “
Former world goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel from Denmark: “With every goalkeeper who doesn’t play like that, Bayern would not have won this tournament. New today, he was just amazing. “
Oliver Kahn: “We have always had very good goalkeepers in Germany, but Manuel is one of the really, really big ones.”
And again a big chance destroyed: Manuel Neuer parries against Kylian Mbappé
Source: AP / Manu Fernandez
Joshua Kimmich: “The greatest day of my career. It is hard to really describe what it feels like to be on the pitch with such a force. When you win a title like that with brothers, it’s the maximum you can achieve. We weren’t flawless today either, but we still had that feeling of unbeatability a bit. “
Alphonso Davies: “Who would have ever thought: I’ll come from Canada to a club like FC Bayern Munich and win the Champions League. If someone had told me this two or three years earlier, my reaction would have been: You are lying. Dreams come true.”
National coach Joachim Löw: “That is outstanding. FC Bayern has made a brilliant business card for German football in Europe. I’m especially happy for Hansi Flick, the entire coaching team and of course for the players, above all our international players, some of whom are still young. For them in particular, this victory means a big step in their development, these formative experiences are extremely important on the way forward. Bayern’s appearance this season was impressive overall – not just in the final. They entered the games with a lot of enthusiasm, determination, determination, self-confidence and, above all, an absolute will to win. Personally, what I liked most was the ease and ease with which Bayern overcame many hurdles in this difficult season without being arrogant. That too is Hansi Flick’s handwriting. “
Oliver Bierhoff, DFB National Team Director: “That is a great achievement. Bayern have never left any doubts, but consistently pursued their great goal – and with an impressive quality in the way they played and how they performed. I am particularly pleased that this success was achieved with Hansi Flick as the German coach and with a strong structure from our national team. This is also a strong sign for the national team and German football as a whole. “
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