Present at a press conference before facing Hoffenheim for the 17th day of the Bundesliga, Thomas Tuchel, the Bavarian coach, spoke about the disappearance of Franz Beckenbauer, legend of German football. The former PSG coach notably recognized that this meeting, played this Friday, will be marked by emotion. “Our feelings are mixed. On the one hand, we are focused on our performances at the start of the football year. And on the other, there is the disappearance of Franz Beckenbauer and what that can represent because he was an incredible personality, an incredible player. I am too young (50 years old) to have great memories of him as a player on television or live, but it is difficult to grasp what this disappearance represents and to put words to talk about it..
And to add: “The emotion will therefore be there tomorrow (Friday) and next week. Players who are younger than me and who didn’t have a relationship with him will realize this next week, at the funeral. But as I said, we have a mixture of several feelings, because we are also focused on achieving the best possible start to the calendar year with a victory, especially on a day when we think of Franz Beckenbauer.. To pay him the best tribute, Bayern Munich will try to win and thus come back within a short distance of Bayer Leverkusen, leader of the championship.
