FC Bayern Munich
Tuchel after the separation has been decided: Clarity brings freedom
Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel (l) and RB coach Marco Rose meet with their teams on Saturday. photo
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The separation at the end of the season is a done deal. Coach Tuchel also sees an opportunity after the tricky situation has been clarified. The 50-year-old takes a clear stance.
“I love the job and I will of course do the job with the same energy as before,” assured Tuchel before the home game on Saturday (6.30 p.m.) against RB Leipzig.
The way the German soccer record champions recently performed and the results were not right. But it is not a clear picture, emphasized Tuchel. “If there was a clear picture and a clear culprit, in this case the coach, then someone else would be at the press conference.”
“All that matters is the here and now”
The Munich team, who are eight points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen before matchday 23, announced this week that they would part ways “amicably” a year before the end of their contract this summer. FC Bayern wants to undertake “a sporting realignment with a new coach”. “I’m not sure if there was an option for me to decide that,” said Tuchel.
The Tuchel separation in the summer should do two things. A knot should be loosened between the team and coach, which will trigger a sporting change. The focus is particularly on the second leg of the round of 16 in the Champions League on March 5th against Lazio Rome, which is extremely important from a sporting and financial perspective. You play for maximum success, said Tuchel. A maximum of 18 games left, but for that the Munich team would have to reach the final of the Champions League with Tuchel. An undertaking that currently seems difficult to imagine.
Whether you can understand the decision, think it’s good or bad, doesn’t matter. “All that matters is the here and now. These are new circumstances,” said Tuchel. “I never had the feeling that we couldn’t make the team.”