After the final whistle to his Club World Cup, Thomas Muller waved to the Bayern Munich fans one last time.<\/p>\n
His quarter-century with the German club is over.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old Muller went out with a 2-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the quarterfinals on Saturday, a bittersweet ending to a tenure filled with so much glory.<\/p>\n
Muller came on as a substitute in the 80th minute and appeared to draw a penalty in the waning seconds of stoppage time when PSG’s Nuno Mendes delivered a high challenge in the area.<\/p>\n
But the video review showed that Mendes’ foot struck the ball, just missing Muller’s chin, and that finished off the PSG victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m still fully in work mode now,\u201d Muller said. \u201cIt doesn’t feel much different from before the game when we tried, and I also tried, to just get one round further.\u201d<\/p>\n
He wasn’t ready to reflect on his brilliant career at Bayern, which began when he joined the club as a 10-year-old in the summer of 2000.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the end, maybe we deserved more,\u201d Muller said. \u201cBut in football when you have these tight matches, it’s sometimes a coin flip. And, yes, we lost it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Muller made more appearances than any other player at Bayern, with more than 200 goals scored and more than 200 set up for others. He led the club to a record 13 Bundesliga titles, going out with one last championship this past season.<\/p>\n
But Bayern announced in April that it would not extend his hefty contract for another season.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, I am aware that this was my last game, and I will see what goes through my head in the coming days,\u201d Muller said.<\/p>\n
He hasn’t revealed his future plans, though there have been reports linking him to a possible move to US-based Major League Soccer.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the moment, I’m not in the mood to share my deeper thoughts about my career,\u201d Muller said. \u201cWe lost a big fight, a very important game for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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