Two exclusions in two matches for Dayot Upamecano.
Four days after his red card received against Lazio in the round of 16 of the Champions League, the Bayern Munich defender was once again sanctioned by the referee this Sunday, this time on the Bochum pitch (2- 3).
If it was a dangerous tackle which saw him receive a direct red during Tuesday's match, it was, this time, an elbow inflicted on an opponent in the penalty area which earned him a second warning, synonymous with expulsion (77th).
Entering during the match to replace his injured teammate Noussair Mazraoui (32nd), the 2022 world vice-champion, hampered by a muscular problem in January, again conceded a penalty converted by the opposing team.
“Upa’s week was particularly bitter for him and for us,” explained coach Thomas Tuchel who, for the moment, does not seem threatened.
In training, Dayot has an impeccable attitude, but in matches, he sometimes gives the feeling of wanting too much.
His engagement is a bit too aggressive in certain duels.
In the construction of the game, he also takes too many risks from time to time, but I know that this comes from a good intention.
We have full confidence in him.
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Three defeats in three games for Bayern
With this third consecutive defeat, Bayern Munich sinks into crisis and finds itself eight points behind the Bundesliga leader, Bayer Leverkusen.
“It looks like a horror movie that won't end,” admitted midfielder Leon Goretzka. “Everything is stacked against us at the moment, it's hard to find an explanation.”
Munich had not lost three games in a row since the end of the 2014-2015 season under Pep Guardiola, but at the time the league title was already acquired.
Asked about his team's chances of winning a twelfth consecutive German championship title, Tuchel recalled the epilogue of last season, when his team conquered the "Schale" in the last minutes of the last match.
“At the moment it's not very realistic, but last season we believed in it until the end, and that's what we're going to do again,” he continued.
After his red card conceded against Lazio in C1, probably synonymous with a two-match suspension, the French international was the target of racist insults on social networks.
“Making mistakes is part of football,” he wrote.
I made one and apologized to my teammates and supporters.
Everything remains possible at home and I believe in my team.
Criticism is part of football but racism has no place anywhere, whether at the stadium or on social networks.
Racism has no place anywhere.
In 2024, it must always be repeated.
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