Midweek Warm-up: Bayern Munich’s Uli Hoeneß expecting continued response vs. PSG; Champions League predictions; and MORE!

26 March 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Münster: Uli Hoeneß, Honorary President of FC Bayern Munich, sits on stage at the Data and AI Festival. Photo: Bernd Thissen/dpa (Photo by Bernd Thissen/picture alliance via Getty Images) Bayern Munich supervisory board member Uli Hoeneß has been around the block and reveled in the highs of Champions League wins and the lows of being upset in the tournament. After watching from home as his team dropped a 5-4 decision to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the tie, the venerable executive was not panicked or even worried.

Why? Because Hoeneß trusts Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany. “You have to admire Vincent Kompany for having his team play so offensively in Paris – it was incredible.

A turning point was the unfortunate handball penalty situation just before halftime. Something like that is brutal – you go into the dressing room with a negative feeling, while the opponent comes back motivated,” Hoeneß told DAZN (as captured by @iMiaSanMia ). “But the way the team reacted – as they have so often before, for example in Freiburg, in Mainz, or even to some extent recently against Heidenheim – the way they came back, continued playing, and didn’t give up, that’s truly phenomenal.

” In an odd twist, Hoeneß did not even travel to the match in Paris due to a superstition. “It had a bit to do with superstition. I actually wanted to fly to Paris, but Karl-Heinz (Rummenigge) and I haven’t been to any away games so far.