Uli Hoeness, right, talks to Karl-Heinz Rummenigge after Bayern Munich's Champions League defeat to Chelsea. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/EPA Bayern Munich went straight from the stadium to their end-of-season dinner at the Postpalast event hall but could not escape the Blues: the sombre, slow music blasting from the loudspeakers, coupled with the disastrous result in the European Cup final, turned the midnight banquet into a wake. The executive chairman, Karl‑Heinz Rummenigge, who conducted the post-mortem in front of hundreds of sponsors and VIPs, at first struggled to determine the cause of death of Bayern's Champions League dream. The raw pain of defeat made a rational analysis difficult."It's one of those evenings where you feel as if you'd better stayed at home; 1999 [against Manchester United] was ... Continue reading →