Friday evening, Bayern Munich lost its first points of the 2023-2024 Bundesliga season with a draw conceded at home against Bayer Leverkusen (2-2), with the visitors equalizing in added time of the second half, and this despite the late goal from Leon Goretzka who thought he would allow his team to continue their flawless performance in the championship. But before the counters were reset, an episode had attracted the attention of observers of German football: the departure of Joshua Kimmich on the hour mark to make way for Noussair Mazraoui. A decision which was not received in the best way by the 28-year-old Bavarian…
Indeed, upon leaving the green rectangle of the Allianz Arena, the German international with 80 caps (6 goals), who was going to wear the captain’s armband with the exit a few seconds earlier of Thomas Müller, did not appreciate the coaching of his trainer, Thomas Tuchel, who tried to chat with him in his technical area, in vain. Worse still: in the corridors of the Munich den, the German journalists present on site wanted to know the cause of his hasty replacement during the meeting, to which the number 6 of the FCB, with whom he is under contract until 2025 , coldly replied: “ask the coach”. New tensions between the two men who delight the Spanish press, and in particular the Mundo Deportivowhich recalls the interest of FC Barcelona last summer and who wanted “welcome him with open arms.”
