The late win in Freiburg gives FC Bayern a broad chest ahead of the Champions League clash with Real Madrid. Winning goalscorer Lennart Karl also revealed that his shirtless celebration was planned to a certain extent.
It was the ninth minute of stoppage time. Lennart Karl took a running start from the penalty area circle, sprinted into the box and pushed Alphonso Davies’ low cross over the line to make it 3:2. However, the 18-year-old almost stopped at full sprint and turned in the direction of the Bayern fans. By the time he got there, he had shed his shirt and was celebrating his fifth goal of the season with his shirt off.
“It’s a really, really great feeling for me to score in the last minute,” said Karl on the Sky microphone after the game, describing his emotions. “I’d been thinking about taking my shirt off the whole time and then somehow it happened.” Because: “I somehow had the feeling that I would score a goal today.”
Number 100 this season – Eberl’s hopes for Kane
The goal was not only the crowning glory of the comeback started by Tom Bischof in the 81st minute, but also Munich’s 100th of the current season. They are now just one goal short of equaling the record set in the 1971/72 season. The next attempt will take place next Saturday in the away game at FC St. Pauli. There, a wish of Uli Hoeneß could possibly come true, who had wished for Harry Kane to score the 102nd goal in an interview.
The Englishman was missing from the squad after his departure from the England national team with ankle problems. “It’s nothing dramatic. We believe it will work,” said sporting director Max Eberl, raising hopes ahead of the Champions League quarter-final first leg at Real Madrid on Tuesday.
Karl’s announcement ahead of Real
Munich are now traveling there with a broad chest. The late victory has given them “very, very great confidence”, “we’ve just said in the dressing room”, Karl revealed. “We can simply beat anyone now.”
For Karl, it was also the perfect end to a special week. “I made my debut for the national team and played my second game. Then to score again here and get an assist is very, very special,” said the attacking midfielder, who this time played on the right flank again, looking back.
Things will continue to be special for Karl when he takes on Real Madrid on Tuesday. The club where he once completed a trial training session as a ten-year-old.
