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Thomas Tuchel should remain coach of FC Bayern Munich.
That is the firm plan of those responsible.
The question is how long this can be enforced.
Bochum - Thomas Tuchel was happy about his boss's job guarantee, but when he tried to whitewash the Munich "horror film", a remarkably sobering statement slipped out.
“It's an art to be positive again in the next game,” said the coach of FC Bayern Munich after the 3-2 defeat at VfL Bochum, the third competitive defeat in a row: “There will be a few people to broadcast that again small steps may be necessary.”
How many steps Tuchel can still take with Bayern has been more open than ever since Sunday.
CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen's commitment stands that Tuchel remains “a given”.
Dreesen only gave this away after repeated requests.
The CEO initially said that he “didn’t think anything of these monstrous statements of support for trainers” because “these oaths of loyalty are usually over after a week.”
But that is “not a topic that we are currently dealing with.” It was only afterwards, when asked specifically whether Tuchel would still be Bayern coach next week, that it was “obvious” that it was now clearly in the room.
After the experience of current national coach Julian Nagelsmann's leave of absence in March 2023, Bayern want to avoid a change of coach this season as much as possible.
The question is whether this can be avoided in view of the worsening crisis.
In any case, Tuchel knows what to expect.
Dreesen's confession was "of course nice," he said: "I doubt whether it helps prevent discussions from taking place." And then he added to the journalists: "But that's not a problem.
You can do that.
That's the business." The discussions about him and his job have been going on "for what feels like the whole season.
Even when we won games.”
The Bayern coach seemed almost defiant when he added that he had “reached the point for a few weeks now where it no longer affects me.”
Captain Manuel Neuer explained about the coaching question that “everything” had to be questioned.
“It’s not about the coach.
It's easy to point fingers at others.
We have to start with ourselves and take responsibility,” said the national goalkeeper.
President Herbert Hainer indicated on Sunday on “Magenta TV” how quickly it can happen.
Shortly before the separation last year, he described Nagelsmann as a “long-term project” “because I wanted it.”
The next game, a 1-2 loss in Leverkusen, made the management “think”.
Nagelsmann had to go.
Tuchel now argued that the defeat in the relegation candidate was “not deserved”.
He struggled with “Murphy's Law” (“Whatever could go wrong, did go wrong”).
With the professionals it sounded a bit more striking.
“We can now stand up and say that we got into the game well,” said Leon Goretzka after the defeat in his hometown: “But now you feel stupid.
This feels like a horror movie that just doesn't stop.
It feels incredibly strange.
The red cards are just flying around our ears.” Thomas Müller wrote on Instagram about a “week to forget”.
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Neuer stated that we now had to look forward: “But you have to analyze the whole thing.”
He “can’t remember a time when we lost three games in a row,” said the 37-year-old, who has been playing in Munich for almost 13 years.
In 2015, Bayern even lost six competitive games in a row under Pep Guardiola.
They were eliminated in the semi-finals of the cup and the Champions League, but they were already confirmed as champions.
Bayern are now threatened with their first titleless season in twelve years.
The Munich team are out of the cup, in the Champions League they lost the first leg of the round of 16 at Lazio Rome 0-1, and in the league they are now eight points behind the still unbeaten leaders Bayer Leverkusen.
“I’m an optimist, but not a dreamer,” admitted Dreesen: “It’s really going to be very difficult now.”
Goretzka responded to the question of whether there was still hope for the twelfth championship title in a row: “It's difficult to answer yes right now.
There’s no need to dream about it.” Tuchel also said that the title “isn’t that realistic right now.
But last season we believed in it until the end and were rewarded."
Dayot Upamecano, who was sent off in the second game in a row, causing the decisive penalty in each game.
Or Joshua Kimmich, who was so annoyed after his completely understandable substitution that, according to the “Bild” newspaper, he clashed with assistant coach Zsolt Löw when he went into the dressing room.
All of this explains Tuchel's analysis of why staying positive is an “art”.
And that doesn't give much hope at the moment.
Him and FC Bayern.
dpa