Dreams do come true. Even the wild ones. And there is no bigger proof to this than Lennart Karl.
Bayern Munich’s youngster Karl was perhaps the hero tonight — the team secured three points by dint of his last-minute goal that won them the game. Karl wasn’t the most important guy on the pitch — the extraordinary efforts of Jamal Musiala and Michael Olise that engineered the brace Tom Bischof scored were all crucial to the win. However, he took what looked like a difficult draw and turned it into a massive
win for the Bavarians.
Karl then spoke following the game on how it felt to score the winner. He spoke on his dreams of scoring a late winner, culminating in a celebration that would involve taking his shirt off. Granted, taking one’s jersey off is a straight ticket to a yellow card in the modern game, but this is a real dream nonetheless for surely thousands of young footballers.
“A very, very intense feeling for me. I’d been thinking the whole time about taking off my jersey, and then it actually happened. (…) Then I scored the goal, and that’s when things really took off,” he said to Sky, per Bild.
“I’ve always had it in my mind to score a late winner and take off my shirt. Thankfully it worked out, an incredible feeling. I had a bit of a feeling that I was going to score today. It happened and it was perfect,” he declared.
BFW Commentary
I last compared the youth movement in Bayern to the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire, and player performances tonight really cement that fact. The kids are here, and here to win.
If you are looking for more Bayern Munich and German national team coverage, check out the latest episodes of Bavarian Podcast Works, which you can get on Acast, Spotify, Apple, or any leading podcast distributor…
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