As of: February 13, 2024, 9:04 a.m
By: Manuel Bonke, Philipp Kessler
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Thomas Tuchel is in crisis with FC Bayern.
Tactics, hierarchy, head – the tz explains what the record champions are currently struggling with.
Munich - Almost exactly 24 hours had passed after Thomas Müller's angry interview ("Some of my balls are missing") when the 34-year-old spoke up again on social media about FC Bayern's 3-0 disgrace against Bayer Leverkusen had their say - and once again struck a drastic tone: “Yesterday's game was an absolute nightmare for us!” The next moment, the Bavarian veteran was aggressive again: “The fight for the title is not over yet.
But first we have to do our things right.” But what exactly is the problem with the German record champions in spring 2024?
Tuchel & Co. indirectly declared the Leverkusen game to be a “coaches game” and not a “players game”
Tactics:
The Munich management team was also surprised that coach Thomas Tuchel deviated from his 4-2-3-1 formation in the top game and instead switched to a 3-4-3 system with Noussair Mazraoui and new signing Sacha Boey as so-called rail players.
This tactical trick had already become apparent during the week.
As the
tz
learned, Tuchel assistant Arno Michels gave a lecture for the youth coaches at the Bayern campus a few days before the top game in Leverkusen and also discussed Xabi Alonso's team.
Tenor: The Werkself are so good that they need intensive tactical solutions from the coaching team in order to leave the pitch as winners.
Tuchel & Co. indirectly declared the game to be a “coaches game” and not a “players game”.
Michels' appearance left many of the trainers present with the impression that they were afraid of Leverkusen.
We are who we are?
None!
Internal criticism after the game was that the opponent had to adapt to FC Bayern - and not the other way around.
FC Bayern coach: Thomas Tuchel.
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Tuchel's line-up causes heads to shake - Bayern's hierarchy is completely destroyed
Hierarchy:
Despite good performances in recent games, coach Tuchel put defender Matthijs de Ligt on the bench.
Instead, he relied on new signing Eric Dier, the jet-lagged Minjae Kim and Dayot Upamecano, who was coming back from injury.
This decision left some players shaking their heads.
In addition, the Munich football teacher did without the experienced Joshua Kimmich and Thomas Müller, who have proven themselves at the top level.
There was therefore no trace of a hierarchy on the pitch.
“Thomas Tuchel has done pretty much everything wrong in terms of group psychology since he took over Bayern a year ago,” explains Peter Freiherr von Quernheim.
The executive coach (Check24, Dekra, Schörghuber) sees the constant demand for new players as “group psychological poison in relation to the current hierarchy in the team.
Because hierarchy does not mean having it, but rather that every player accepts the system of hierarchy.
Curious: When Tuchel took over from predecessor Julian Nagelsmann, he complained that there was no hierarchy in the team - and wanted to change this.
At the latest with his starting eleven in Leverkusen, Tuchel completely destroyed the Bavarian hierarchy.
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Tuchel relies on safety – no risky dribbles
Head:
Original Bayer Müller complained in Leverkusen that the style of play was too “cerebral” and that the team didn’t play: record national player Lothar Matthäus therefore asked the following question in his Sky column: “Why?
Leroy Sané is a gambler, Jamal Musiala especially, Müller too and a few others.
Are the players given too much information and are therefore not free to express their creativity?
It wouldn't surprise you.
And that wouldn’t be a good sign between the coach and the team either.”
According to
tz
information, Tuchel actually doesn't like it when his offensive forces take risky dribbling.
Instead, he calls for an intensive approach and consistent counterattack protection.
He asks his midfielders to focus on safety rather than risk when building up the game.
The problem with these strict tactical guidelines is identical in both parts of the team: there is too much thinking on the pitch - and not enough gambling.
Manuel Bonke, Philip Kessler