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Screenshot-2026-04-04-204228-1024x172 Bayern boss Kompany urges focus ahead after Champions League exit

Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany has insisted he will not let his players dwell on themselves following their Champions League semi-final exit to Paris Saint-Germain, urging them instead to end the season strongly with the German Cup still to play for.

The Bavarian side have already secured the Bundesliga title and reached the German Cup final, but their European campaign came to an end after a 1-1 draw with PSG in Munich saw them eliminated 6-5 on aggregate.

Kompany acknowledged the disappointment but stressed the need to move forward quickly.

“It is normal to be disappointed, it was such a big goal, and it cost a lot of energy,” he said. “But from the next day, it is only about the future. My role is to project that and how we must react.”

Kompany has faced criticism for deploying a high defensive line and leaving space at the back across both legs against Paris Saint-Germain.

Bayern have conceded 12 goals in their last four matches in all competitions, but the Belgian coach insisted he has no intention of altering his approach as long as his side continue to outscore their opponents.

The German champions have also been prolific in attack, breaking the Bundesliga record for most goals in a single season with 116 and still having two matches remaining. The previous record of 101 was set in the 1971/72 campaign.

“We are very pragmatic people in Belgium. If the goal difference (in the Bundesliga) is an all-time record of 81, then you have done quite a lot so as not to lose matches,” Kompany said.

We win the games, and the goal difference shows that we do it with a great difference against our opponents.”

Bayern Munich travel to struggling VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday in the penultimate round of the Bundesliga season before concluding their league campaign against Cologne a week later.

They will then head to Berlin on May 23 to face VfB Stuttgart in the German Cup final.

Kompany stressed the importance of ensuring his side move on quickly from their Champions League elimination and refocus on the challenges ahead.

“We want to show that this is already in the past and it is about what we can still achieve, not only in the next weeks but beyond,” he added.