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PSG 5, Bayern 4. Champions League semi-final, first leg, Paris. Nine goals. The match of the year. And somehow Bayern came out of it looking better than the team that won. That's a body-language story and we're going to do it properly.Plus: Bayern drew 3-3 at home to 18th-place Heidenheim because Kompany was already mentally on Wednesday. Leverkusen destroyed Leipzig 4-1 - apparently they heard us praise Leipzig two weeks ago and took it personally. Dortmund lost to Gladbach because Dortmund. Eta got her first points. The relegation race is now the best story in the league.In the NBA: Boston is OUT. The Lakers nearly bottled a 3-0 lead. The Pistons needed seven games against the 8-seed. SGA still flopping his way to the Finals.Wednesday: Bayern-PSG second leg. Need to win.

Bayern were 3-0 down at Mainz on Saturday. So Kompany brought on a bench that costs more than Mainz's entire annual revenue. Bayern won 4-3. This is what Bundesliga football looks like in 2026 and we're going to talk about it.Also this week: Bayern in the DFB-Pokal final, ending the great six-year drought of mostly winning the Pokal. Eta still being asked the wrong question. Jokic finally found something he runs fast for. The Knicks were cursed by a wrestler on live TV — actual sentence. And the Pistons' team-basketball season meets an interesting test.Wednesday: Bayern at PSG.

Bayern win the Bundesliga for the 35th time — with four games to spare. The real story is one club down the table: RB Leipzig. Hated by half of Germany, run better than most of the clubs that hate them. A coach's-eye case for separating what you dislike about a club from what it's doing right.Plus: Union Berlin hire Marie-Louise Eta, the first woman ever to head-coach a men's team in Europe's top five leagues. Rodtang settles with ONE. And WrestleMania 42 reminds us that Roman Reigns is the new John Cena.

Welcome to TAKTIK — a coach's-eye look at sport, from Bangkok.This week: Bayern beat Real Madrid 4-3 to reach the Champions League semi-final. Güler scored two bangers, then got ushered out of the dressing room before Pérez came down to yell. We look at what that tells us about coaching — and why Kompany's Bayern is suddenly likeable.Plus: ONE Championship sues Rodtang in three countries. And the FIVB has announced the stupidest volleyball rule of the decade.~30 min. Next week: CL semi-final first legs, Bundesliga, and what ever else catches the eye!