Rummenigge: “Now Real Madrid is Bayern’s bogey team”

Bayern legend and former club CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge sat down to chat to AS on the eve of the Champions League semi-final second leg.

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is a living legend at Bayern Munich. The former player and CEO, who marked an era both on and off the pitch, is now acting as a member of its Supervisory Board. He sat down to talk to AS ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg between Bayern and Real Madrid at the Bernabéu with the tie at 2-2. Apart from discussing about the eternal rivalry between the two clubs, he also sent a message to Florentino Pérez, asking the Madrid president to reconsider his plans regarding the Super League.

What were your thoughts after the first leg?

Both teams played a great game. I would have liked to have won 2-1, but I have to admit that Madrid was also good and deserved to draw.

What went through your mind when you saw Kroos play Vinicius through on goal?

To be honest with you, it scared me a little that he was able to play a ball like that from that distance and thread it through our entire defense. And then there was Vinicius, a difficult player to stop if you give him even an advantage of even half a meter.

Musiala wasn't bad either...

Yes but we need him to keep his feet on the ground, we must avoid giving him too much worship at this stage of his career. God has given him an excessive talent, but he has not yet reached his ceiling. We’ll be doing him a disservice if we start revering him now, because it doesn’t help. The only thing we will achieve with that is creating expectations that are counterproductive.

What do you think of Bellingham?

Real Madrid must be congratulated for his signing. He scores, he assists, he runs, fights, recovers the ball... He