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Straits Times
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Champions Bayern preparing for Mueller farewell in final home game
MUNICH, Germany - Newly-crowned Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich are preparing for an emotional final home game of the season that will see them receive the league trophy after the final whistle and serve as farewell to veteran striker Thomas Mueller. Bayern secured their 34th German league title on Sunday without kicking a ball after title rivals Bayer Leverkusen were held to a 2-2 draw at Freiburg, leaving the leaders with an unassailable eight-point lead with two games left to play. Although there is no sporting goal left to achieve, the team will be ready to go when they host ninth-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday, coach Vincent Kompany said. "This week has been like every other week. We've prepared because it's an important match for us," Kompany told a press conference on Friday. "We don't have less pressure for the final two matches. We're carrying on. We want to win this game, it's Thomas Mueller's last match at the Allianz Arena, it's a celebration for everyone. "We want to experience a perfect Saturday if the preparation is good. It won't be an easy task, the opponents are good." The 35-year-old former Germany captain Mueller joined Bayern aged 10, helping them to 13 championships, six German Cups, eight Super Cups and two Champions League trophies. "It will certainly be very emotional, I don't know whether more for Thomas or the people around," Kompany said. "These are great moments, I've experienced it myself. I know Thomas too, he's still a fighter who always wants to show what we can do. He has a very special relationship with the fans." Mueller has largely been a substitute this season and Kompany has been known for being strict when it comes to revealing the lineup prior to games. However, when asked whether the 35-year-old striker would play against Gladbach, the Belgian coach hinted that this would be the case. "I want to stay consistent but I'm not stupid, so let's wait and see tomorrow. I don't want to spoil the party, though," Kompany said. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
The Star
09-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Soccer-Champions Bayern preparing for Mueller farewell in final home game
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Bayern Munich Training - Saebener Strasse, Munich, Germany - April 7, 2025 Bayern Munich's Thomas Mueller during training REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth/File Photo MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Newly-crowned Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich are preparing for an emotional final home game of the season that will see them receive the league trophy after the final whistle and serve as farewell to veteran striker Thomas Mueller. Bayern secured their 34th German league title on Sunday without kicking a ball after title rivals Bayer Leverkusen were held to a 2-2 draw at Freiburg, leaving the leaders with an unassailable eight-point lead with two games left to play. Although there is no sporting goal left to achieve, the team will be ready to go when they host ninth-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday, coach Vincent Kompany said. "This week has been like every other week. We've prepared because it's an important match for us," Kompany told a press conference on Friday. "We don't have less pressure for the final two matches. We're carrying on. We want to win this game, it's Thomas Mueller's last match at the Allianz Arena, it's a celebration for everyone. "We want to experience a perfect Saturday if the preparation is good. It won't be an easy task, the opponents are good." The 35-year-old former Germany captain Mueller joined Bayern aged 10, helping them to 13 championships, six German Cups, eight Super Cups and two Champions League trophies. "It will certainly be very emotional, I don't know whether more for Thomas or the people around," Kompany said. "These are great moments, I've experienced it myself. I know Thomas too, he's still a fighter who always wants to show what we can do. He has a very special relationship with the fans." Mueller has largely been a substitute this season and Kompany has been known for being strict when it comes to revealing the lineup prior to games. However, when asked whether the 35-year-old striker would play against Gladbach, the Belgian coach hinted that this would be the case. "I want to stay consistent but I'm not stupid, so let's wait and see tomorrow. I don't want to spoil the party, though," Kompany said. (Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk; Editing by Ken Ferris)
Hindustan Times
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Soccer-Champions Bayern preparing for Mueller farewell in final home game
MUNICH, Germany, - Newly-crowned Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich are preparing for an emotional final home game of the season that will see them receive the league trophy after the final whistle and serve as farewell to veteran striker Thomas Mueller. Bayern secured their 34th German league title on Sunday without kicking a ball after title rivals Bayer Leverkusen were held to a 2-2 draw at Freiburg, leaving the leaders with an unassailable eight-point lead with two games left to play. Although there is no sporting goal left to achieve, the team will be ready to go when they host ninth-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday, coach Vincent Kompany said. "This week has been like every other week. We've prepared because it's an important match for us," Kompany told a press conference on Friday. "We don't have less pressure for the final two matches. We're carrying on. We want to win this game, it's Thomas Mueller's last match at the Allianz Arena, it's a celebration for everyone. "We want to experience a perfect Saturday if the preparation is good. It won't be an easy task, the opponents are good." The 35-year-old former Germany captain Mueller joined Bayern aged 10, helping them to 13 championships, six German Cups, eight Super Cups and two Champions League trophies. "It will certainly be very emotional, I don't know whether more for Thomas or the people around," Kompany said. "These are great moments, I've experienced it myself. I know Thomas too, he's still a fighter who always wants to show what we can do. He has a very special relationship with the fans." Mueller has largely been a substitute this season and Kompany has been known for being strict when it comes to revealing the lineup prior to games. However, when asked whether the 35-year-old striker would play against Gladbach, the Belgian coach hinted that this would be the case. "I want to stay consistent but I'm not stupid, so let's wait and see tomorrow. I don't want to spoil the party, though," Kompany said. Allianz Arena Germany Bayern München Borussia M'gladbach
Reuters
15-02-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Former Porto president Pinto da Costa dies aged 87
Feb 15 (Reuters) - Former FC Porto president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, who led the Portuguese club during their most successful period, died aged 87 on Saturday. Pinto da Costa took charge of Porto in 1982 and led them to 69 titles including two Champions League trophies in his 42-year tenure at the Portuguese club. In the 89 years prior to Pinto da Costa's presidency, Porto had won only 16 trophies, three of three of those with him as the head of the football department. "The departure of the President of Presidents leaves Futebol Clube do Porto orphaned of its greatest figure, the main organiser of great victories and the person most responsible for building an unmistakable identity and legacy. Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa will live on forever in the memory and hearts of all Porto fans," Porto said in an statement. "Between 23 April 1982 and 7 May 2024, the biggest club in the North became the best club in Portugal and grew from local and regional to European and world level. "Without ever forgetting its roots, FC Porto grew with the city and the city grew with FC Porto. The club has more than 131 years of history, but there is a before and after Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa. "Since then everything has changed. Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa transformed FC Porto the Portuguese club with the most official titles by lifting 23 championships, 22 Super Cups, 15 Portuguese Cups, two Intercontinental Cups, a European Champion Clubs' Cup, Champions League, a UEFA Cup and a Europa League, a European Super Cup and a League Cup." His tenure ended in April 2024 when former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas was elected president and hailed the influence of his predecessor. "I would like to thank him for everything he has given to Porto, for the life he has given to Porto, and I would like to assure him that this is and always will be his home," Villas-Boas said after the election.
Reuters
06-02-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
New signings have brought Milan closer to Conceicao's brand
Feb 6 (Reuters) - AC Milan coach Sergio Conceicao said new signings Joao Felix, Santiago Gimenez and Kyle Walker are already allowing him to implement his preferred style of football. January transfer deadline day signings Felix and Gimenez came off the bench and combined for Milan's third goal in Wednesday's 3-1 Coppa Italia win over AS Roma, while defender Walker started the quarter-final tie. Asked after the game if he saw in Milan a resemblance to the Porto side with whom he won three championships, four Portuguese Cups, a League Cup, and three Super Cups, Conceicao told broadcaster Mediaset: "I don't see the similarities with Porto yet. "But we are working to be more compact, more aggressive, not allow the opponents to get into our final third so often. "We're not there yet, but with the players who arrived in the transfer window, their characteristics give me the comfort to go towards the football I like, including with two strikers and the right balance not just to score goals, but also not concede them." Conceicao, who took charge of Milan in December, said he was pleased at how quickly his players had learned the workings of his gameplan. "We are trying to pass on to the team what we want, but we had just one training session to prepare for this game and I do not have the luxury of working on the game's details in training because we play every three days," the Portuguese manager said. "Nonetheless, the players accept what we want, they are intelligent and I am happy today, especially as the second goal came from recovering the ball quickly in midfield. That was something we worked on, so I am pleased. "Joao and Santiago also only had one training session, but understood immediately, confirming their intelligence." Milan, eighth in the Serie A standings, travel to 16th-placed Empoli on Saturday.
