Clear instructions: Thomas Tuchel (left) and Jamal Musiala (centre) at FC Bayern. © IMAGO/Bernd Feil/M.i.S.
The championship battle between FC Bayern and BVB goes into the next round. The Munich team are challenged against FC Schalke today. Follow the match from 15.30 CET here in the live ticker.
- FC Bayern - FC Schalke -:- (-:-), today, 15.30 CET
- Thomas Müller is allowed to play: Thomas Tuchel hints at veteran starting eleven.
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FC Bayern - FC Schalke -:- (-:-), today, 15.30 CET
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Munich – Can FC Bayern submit? The Bundesliga championship battle is more exciting than it has probably been for eleven years, when Borussia Dortmund last won the trophy.
On Saturday (from 15.30 CET), the Munich team have to play against FC Schalke. At the press conference ahead of the game against the Royal Blues, FCB coach Thomas Tuchel hinted at Thomas Müller's starting eleven.
Is Thomas Müller allowed to play: Thomas Tuchel hints at veteran starting eleven use
"First and foremost, it's up to Thomas himself. He is playing for his twelfth German championship here and is completely focused on winning it with him. I think everything else is completely exaggerated and overshot the mark," Tuchel said at the PK about the constant discussions about the Bavarian identification figure: "He is an important component, even if he came off the bench a few times. But to deduce an end to a career from this misses the goal by a long way."
To put it in perspective, the 33-year-old Müller has not been in the starting line-up twice under Tuchel in the Bundesliga. In the Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City, he also came off the bench twice. "It was good for Thomas to do without a bit. He's done three full sessions and he's ready for tomorrow," Tuchel said.
Video: Thomas Tuchel discusses the importance of Thomas Müller for Bayern
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So is Müller, who was born in Weilheim and lives in Otterfing south of Munich, allowed to start again against S04 from the start? For the "oldie", youngster Jamal Musiala could move out of the starting line-up, who has seemed a bit inhibited for weeks.
Follow Bayern's next championship clash against Schalke this afternoon from 15:30 CET here in the live ticker. (pm)