2024-09-02 12:27:18
The match against SC Freiburg on Sunday evening will be a very special game for Thomas Müller. Afterwards, he will suddenly be standing there in just his socks.
A game for the history books on Sunday evening: Thomas Müller played for FC Bayern for the 710th time, making him the Munich team’s sole record player, overtaking club legend Sepp Maier, with whom he had drawn level at the start of the season.
What does the record mean to him? “Records like that aren’t that important to me,” said Müller after the win against SC Freiburg on DAZN, playing it down. Instead, what was much more important to him was “that I scored a brutally beautiful goal today, technically outstanding, and then it went in. That’s what I enjoy,” explained the attacker, recalling with a wink his goal in the 78th minute to make it 2-0 against Breisgau, where he hit the top right corner with a great bounce, unstoppable for SC goalkeeper Florian Müller.
Müller was celebrated by the fans after he was substituted in the 59th minute. “710 times 100% for FC Bayern and no end in sight. Thank you, chapeau and keep it up – Thomas” was written on a large banner that the fans had specially prepared.
And Müller returned the favor to the fans after the final whistle – with a special gesture. The 34-year-old climbed onto the fence in the still cheering and celebrating fan section and celebrated with the supporters. Then he suddenly took off his red and blue football boots – and gave them to someone behind the fence as a gift.
A special souvenir of a memorable match. Müller conducted the interview on DAZN “barefoot” in the cream-colored socks of Bayern’s playing kit, without any football boots.