It has been a Bundesliga season to forget for Bayern Munich fans, with the misery compounding Saturday in the Bavarians’ 3-1 capitulation to VfB Stuttgart.
Like his head coach Thomas Tuchel, Bayern’s top sporting executive Max Eberl tried to take the approach of turning the page quickly — preferring to look ahead to Wednesday’s semifinal second leg in the Champions League.
“Stuttgart went into the game with energy and deservedly took the lead,” Eberl said after the game (via FCBayern.com, as captured by @iMiaSanMia). “We were a bit lucky to get an equalizer, but then we had to take the lead with two or three great chances after half-time. I believe we’d have won the game. It’s annoying that we lost. That’s never what we want.
“But on Wednesday we have a big game against Real Madrid. Today gets forgotten relatively quickly and then all the focus goes to Wednesday. We also showed against [Arsenal FC] that we can switch on very quickly. No matter what, no matter how, we want to reach the Final.”
Bayern has indeed risen to the occasion against top competition in the UCL. But it will have to shake off this result against Stuttgart — a strong Bundesliga foe who thoroughly outclassed on the day — to have a fighting chance.
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