Kompany urges Bayern to move on after Champions League exit
After Bayern’s 6-5 aggregate loss to PSG, Kompany refused to let the 116-goal season stall. Two league games and a cup final still defined the run-in.
Vincent Kompany moved quickly to shut down any idea that Bayern Munich would linger over their Champions League exit. After a 1-1 draw in Munich sent them out 6-5 on aggregate to Paris Saint-Germain, the Bayern coach said the disappointment was understandable, but the response had to come immediately. Bayern had already secured the Bundesliga title, yet the season still had two league matches and a DFB Cup final to play for, and Kompany made clear that the final weeks would be judged on how sharply the squad handled that pressure.
The tactical question was just as direct as the psychological one. Bayern have been criticized for playing a very high defensive line and leaving space behind it in both PSG matches, and the team had conceded 12 goals in its last four games. Kompany showed no sign of backing away from the approach, pointing instead to the scale of Bayern’s domestic production. The club had scored 116 Bundesliga goals with two matches remaining, breaking the previous league record of 101 set in 1971-72. Bayern had led the table from Matchday 1, lost only once in the league all season and averaged 3.6 goals per game, with Harry Kane on 32 league goals and Michael Olise providing 18 assists.
That record makes the final stretch less about salvage and more about standards. Bayern travel to VfL Wolfsburg next, then finish the league at home against FC Cologne on Saturday, May 16, before heading to Berlin for the cup final. Those fixtures will test more than fitness. Kompany’s lineup choices will reveal whether he trusts the same front-foot structure that produced Bayern’s scoring numbers, or whether the PSG defeat forces a narrower calculation about risk, rest and reputation.
The last chance for silverware comes on May 23 at Berlin’s Olympiastadion, where Bayern meet VfB Stuttgart in the DFB Cup final. Bayern are chasing their 18th cup title and remain the competition’s record winners with 17, while Stuttgart arrive as defending champions. Bayern will use the home changing room, wear their all-red kit and have their supporters on the east side of the stadium. For Kompany, “moving on” is not a slogan. It is the demand to protect Bayern’s identity, finish the league properly and answer a painful European exit with another trophy.
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