Bundesliga: Tuchel’s wake-up call: “It’s burning” – Bayern in “hibernation”

Bundesliga
Tuchel’s wake-up call: “It’s burning” – Bavaria in “hibernation”

An encourager for a football miracle looks different. Even Thomas Tuchel didn’t hide that when he classified FC Bayern Munich’s frightening 1-1 draw in the Bundesliga against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim with a view to the Champions League second leg against Manchester City. “The task has definitely become even more difficult,” said the 49-year-old coach, who had hoped for a tailwind.

Tuchel’s reaction was a wake-up call to his team: “We don’t have the sense that there’s a fire!” The Munich team are on the verge of losing one title after the other in a short space of time. On Wednesday (9 p.m. / DAZN) they have to catch up 0: 3 against Man City in the Allianz Arena to still move into the semi-finals of the premier class.

Tuchel spoke of the “worst game” under his leadership on Saturday. And in the five games there have already been two defeats, one of them in the painful cup defeat against SC Freiburg. The Munich players, including captain Thomas Müller, were also puzzled about the “sleepy” appearance, which put the team “into a kind of hibernation” in the middle of spring, as the attacker said in an ARD interview.

Manchester City, on the other hand, got in the mood for the trip to Munich in the Premier League with an easy 3-1 win over Leicester City and two goals from striker Erling Haaland. Bayern’s defensive star Matthijs de Ligt, meanwhile, said what made him positive after Bayern Munich’s negative performance against Hoffenheim for the necessary race to catch up on Wednesday: “It can’t be worse than today.”

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