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A string of two consecutive defeats has sent the speculation over Thomas Tuchel’s future as Bayern Munich manager into overdrive. But for the squad’s locker room leaders, it is all sound and fury to shut out as they work to salvage their Bundesliga and Champions League ambitions this season.
“You can have these discussions over the coach, but we players are the wrong people to talk to,” said veteran Thomas Müller after the Lazio defeat when asked if Tuchel was still the right man for the job (as captured by Sky Sport DE, via @iMiaSanMia). “That’s also a bit disrespectful.
“Of course the sporting situation is not good at the moment. We players and the coach are working every day to overcome it. You can do your analysis, but you don’t have to wait for us to tear ourselves apart. We stick together.”
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It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.
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Do not stick a fork in Bayern Munich just yet.
Despite a 1-0 defeat to Lazio on Wednesday, Bayern Munich is not quite out of the Champions League reckoning. There is still the second leg of the tie to go — and they will be played in Munich, on March 5.
“Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Uli Hoeneß have always said a 0-1 defeat away from home is a result you can live and turn things around at home,” said Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen after the match (as captured by @iMiaSanMia). “I think that’s the message we have to take today – that this team certainly has the quality and will to win and advance, playing at home on March 5th in front of 75,000 fans.
“But now of course the disappointment is big and we have to deal with it.”
The message is the same from squad leaders such as Thomas Müller. While fair criticisms continue to ring out against the up-and-down tenure of coach Thomas Tuchel, at least the Bavarians are all pulling in the same direction.
And if any team in the current UCL field is likely to reverse a first leg deficit, it is Bayern Munich.
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