Thomas Tuchel’s team did their job against hapless Mainz, but made the victory more exciting than necessary after exhausting days. One of the guarantors of success is goalkeeper Sven Ulreich – who will soon be back on the bench.
Sven Ulreich, 35, is currently on a kind of farewell tour; The governor in the Bayern goal will soon take his place as a reservist again. The reason is what Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel recently called “sensationally good news”: the upcoming return of Manuel Neuer, 37, to the Bayern goal after a ten-month absence due to injury.