Bayern Munich Coach, Thomas Tuchel, has called on Harry Kane to fire the German side past Real Madrid and into the Champions League final when the two giants of modern European football meet tonight in Madrid.
Tuchel handed out this ‘order’ to the Englishman while revealing the striker’s passion for coffee yesterday.
Former Tottenham striker Kane has scored a career-best 44 goals in 44 matches across all competitions in his first year at Bayern, ahead of today’s clash at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Kane, yet to win a trophy in his career, converted a penalty in the 2-2 first leg draw in Munich last week as six-time winners Bayern outplayed the record 14-time champions.
“I knew we’d get a big personality into the dressing room on top of everything you can analyse, goalscoring, movements, dealing with the pressure,” Tuchel told a news conference.
“He was captain of Tottenham and is still captain of the English national team. He brought everything to the table that we could possibly hope for – and tomorrow he needs to prove the point and deliver.”
Tuchel had been asked if anything surprised him about Kane, who leads the Champions League scoring charts on eight goals along with Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe.
“How much cappuccino he drinks a day, it’s ridiculous,” joked a relaxed Tuchel.
“It’s very surprising. All the time I go to the kitchen he’s on the coffee machine and having a cappuccino. It’s obviously good – I started doing it, the guy looks healthy and he’s in good shape.”
The coach admitted at the other end of the pitch it might not be possible to stop Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior, who struck twice at the Allianz Arena.
“A lot of teams have tried and it’s not always possible (with the) quality in the passing, the delivery,” said Tuchel.
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