Champions League: that's Why Mueller is so important for Bayern

To Robert Lewandowski's pass just no way. His record this season: 44 games, 53 hits, eight assists. Since it is possible to get to the rave. "In the Form of his life" was the goal scorer, stressed Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in the past few days, on several occasions, the CEO of Bayern Munich forgot, as usual, the poles as the world footballer of the year to propose. "Robert deserved to win," he said. In the judgment of the performance in the Champions League will be included, of course.

Best point of view on the work of Robert Lewandowski who plays in the Triple Dream of the Munich is also an eminently important role and Thomas Müller. His record this season: 47 games, 12 goals, 25 (!) Assists. Since it is possible to get to the swarm, as Hansi Flick just in the "Sport-Bild". "Thomas Müller is not unique to copy," said the coach of FC Bayern, and that's true because Müller this Friday (21.00 will be set up in the F. A. Z.-liveticker zur Champions League and Sky) in the quarter-finals against FC Barcelona set a new record.

Mueller will be, so nothing gets in the way, at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon, 113. Game in the European "king's class" the best riding – he's Lame in overtaking the long-standing German record-holder Philipp. "For me, it is a transit station. I hope to play a few more years, even in the Champions League. In light of our goals against Barcelona, this is just smoke and mirrors and only incidentally interesting,“ said Müller. His debut he was on 10. March 2009, against Sporting Lisbon: He came on as a substitute 18 minutes before the end of the Game, and by the way for Bastian Schweinsteiger in the final minute, he met the 7:1-end. His players were Klose, Lukas Podolski or Miroslav, his coach: Jürgen Klinsmann.

In the previous 112 Games Müller has scored 44 goals and a further 22 are prepared. He has Bayern in 2012 in the "Finale dahoam" against Chelsea (4:5 n. e.) with his goal in the 83rd. Minute short by the Triumph of dreams, he belonged in the following year to the winners of Wembley in the German final against Borussia Dortmund (2:1). Müller experienced painful moments as 2016, when he missed the semi-final against Atlético Madrid a penalty, now he seems to think that great moments near.

"The young players are extremely hungry – and also the Old want to know it again," said Müller at the beginning of August, the "süddeutsche Zeitung". It looked at the beginning of this season for a long time, as would the Young and the Old, ever to the point where you might actually dream of a Triple. Müller (30) itself was at the end of October even as a discontinued model, after coach Niko Kovac had said, when Distress is at the man, then he'll get his assignments. On 3. November Kovac was gone, Miller has since been active as a newborn baby.