Matthijs de Ligt (Bayern defender, about his disallowed goal shortly before the final whistle): “I find the scene unbelievable. I can’t understand it, you have to play through it. I don’t want to say that Madrid are always lucky, but that makes the difference today. I think we played a good game for 90 minutes, very mature and compact.”
Thomas Müller (Bayern striker): “In the final phase, when we were leading, there were still 15 minutes to play. We were good in this defensive block, even if we should have kept Real away even more. But we can also pounce on the referee’s last action. Mistakes usually make the difference Football games. It’s unbelievable, especially in the last situation. There’s no reason to whistle so quickly, but you can also try to accept it.
Toni Kroos (on his renewed chance at a Champions League title): “Crazy. If someone had told me that at the beginning of my career, I wouldn’t have believed it. The end is our uncontrollable minutes. In the first leg it was even, but today we were the better team for 90 minutes. Bayern were in the first half “I felt very passive. When there were opportunities, I had the feeling that we had the game under control. We assume that we are favorites against Dortmund in the final. A final is a special atmosphere and special feelings play a role.”
Thomas Tuchel (Bayern coach): “The boys are very disappointed. We were almost through, it was a full fight. Nothing I say can alleviate that in any way. Everyone is also very angry, very bitter. It was extremely unfortunate, it’s the last three minutes Everything has come together. You have to process it.”
Manuel Neuer (Bayern keeper, about the 1:1): “That’s extremely bitter for me, I expected the ball differently, more towards the chest, it then went a bit higher. I didn’t expect that there was such a minimal mole in the space. This 1-1 is brutal .”