BERLIN: A heavily-rotated Bayern Munich were held to a 3-3 draw at home by last-placed Heidenheim on Saturday, days out from their return Champions League semi-final against Paris St-Germain.

Bayern made seven changes to the side who lost 5-4 in a wild first leg in the French capital on Tuesday and were down 2-0 in the first half to goals from Budu Zivzivadze and Eren Dinkci.

Bayern roared back from a 3-0 deficit to win 4-3 last week at Mainz and this time around Leon Goretzka scored twice to level things up with half an hour remaining.

Zivzivadze scored again to put Heidenheim — who needed a win to have any chance of beating the drop — back in front but substitute Michael Olise scored in the 10th minute of stoppage time to snatch a point for the hosts.

Goalscorer Goretzka admitted Bayern’s thoughts were already on Wednesday’s clash with defending champions PSG, telling DAZN: “You can see how fired up everyone is. We’re looking forward to the game and we want to reach the final.”

Coach Vincent Kompany once again named a heavily changed line-up, leaving seven starters from Tuesday’s match including Harry Kane, Olise, Joshua Kim­mich and Luis Diaz on the bench.

With Heidenheim needing a win to have any chance of beating the drop, the visitors started frantically, pinning Bayern back with a series of corners.Elsewhere, Tiago Tomas scored deep into stoppage time to snatch 10-man VfB Stuttgart a 3-3 draw at top-four rivals Hoffenheim.

Club record goalscorer Andrej Kramaric bagged a brace and the impressive Bazoumana Toure scored to have Hoffenheim leading 3-1.

Ermedin Demirovic joined Chris Fuehrich on the scoresheet to give Stuttgart hope before they lost captain Atakan Karazor to a red card for an ugly tackle on Fisnik Asllani.

Hoffenheim looked on track to win a crucial three points in the Champions League race but Tomas scored in the fifth minute of stoppage time to grab a share of the spoils.

Stuttgart and Hoffenheim are locked on 58 points, four behind RB Leipzig who can make sure of Champions League qualification with a win at Bayer Leverkusen.

Meanwhile, Union Berlin fou­ght back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at home with Cologne and pick up coach Marie-Louise Eta’s first point in charge of the club.

One-time Union forward Marius Buelter and Germany winger Said El Mala scored for the visitors, but Tom Rothe cut the deficit before Livan Burcu’s 89th-minute goal levelled the scores.

Augsburg cruised to a 3-1 win at Werder Bremen, while Ham­burg all but guaranteed top-division football next season with a 2-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt.

Published in Dawn, May 3rd, 2026