I never even considered the possibility that Kane might not score.

Watch us calling for a Sané sub, then getting Gnabry instead, and while we’re complaining that Gnabry hasn’t contributed anything noteworthy this season, he goes ahead and scores two goals while making it look easy.

Tel’s skills and talent seem to be the German commentators’ favorite talking points this match.

Harry grabbing his second MotM trophy today?

Tuchel definitely isn’t

Care to back that up with some performance indicators? Because all of this season’s evidence seems to be pointing at Tuchel consistently improving our team.

there is a guarantee that Tuchel won’t do anything better than Tuchel.

How so? What’s your assessment of Tuchel that makes you come to this conclusion, and why is there a “guarantee”?

Based on what criteria are you judging Tuchel and Xabi respectively, and where does Xabi have the obvious upper hand?

That aside, your “Tuchel won’t do anything better than Tuchel” reasoning might make sense in a completely static world where there is no scope for improvement. But somehow you only seem to apply that to Tuchel, how come Xabi has the potential to be “really good” and Tuchel doesn’t?

The poll is now closed.

it actually adds up to me

Kane was injured, so bringing him in was only an option if we went into extra time. Tuchel didn’t want to risk a serious injury, and playing against a team like Saarbrücken, we shouldn’t need Kane in order to win anyway.

Really curious what Tuchel is going to say at the press conference.

This is like the Nagelsmann second halves after the WC last season.

I think this might be the first time Tuchel hasn’t subbed anyone in before the 80-minute mark.

Makes no sense.

Does Köln even have any subs left? Meanwhile, on the Bayern side…

Some “early” subs might be worth considering right now.

I hope that this is the type of mentality that the younger players will pick up on and emulate (looking at Irankunda when he gets here), that extra work makes a huge difference.

Same. Just a tad bit more luck on the finishes and we’re looking really good. Still have 60 minutes for that to happen!

Nice job by Laimer and Choupo, too!

We’re only 12 minutes in, the ball will find the back of the net eventually with all these chances!

A laughing and smiling Sané in the tunnels is a good sign!

Can we just quickly un-sticky this thread and try to forget this match ever happened?

I’d be completely fine with us failing and having to rebuild the NT from scratch if only we weren’t hosting that darn tournament.

Sowas hat man lange nicht gesehen.