Bayern Munich continues to sink into crisis. However, they had reassured themselves in February and returned well to the Championship and qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but the Bavarians quickly fell back, suffering a sixth defeat in the Bundesliga. Before playing Arsenal in the C1 quarter-finals, FCB lost miserably on the pitch at Heidenheim, after leading 2-0 at the break. A first in… 24 years!
Eliminated from the German Cup and while Bayer Leverkusen only needs one more victory to win the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich only has the Champions League to play to save their bad season. After the defeat, Thomas Tuchel was heavily criticized by the German press and Bavarian legend Lothar Matthäus called for his imminent departure. “The embarrassing performance against Dortmund and today's result speak volumes. Thomas Tuchel must leave. Bayern must react in the next 24 to 48 hours, because this cannot continue like this.he explained on Sky Sports.
Thomas Tuchel will stay, but…
But nevertheless, sports director Christoph Freund confirmed him in his position after the match. “Everyone needs to look in the mirror and ask themselves if we gave it our all. We can't afford to concede three goals in the second half at Heidenheim after being 2-0 up. Everyone needs to question themselves and we cannot accept that. If Thomas Tuchel will be on the bench against Arsenal? Yes, 100%. Tuchel is doing everything he can to find energy. The Champions League is Bayern's last chance to win a title. We all know that we can and must do otherwise”, Freund said. A decision which should not please all Bavarian fans, but which sounds like a last chance before the first leg against Arsenal on Tuesday at the Emirates Stadium.
Same thing for the other DS of Bayern Munich, Max Eberl. “The speech this week was very moving. Thomas gave his all in this meeting room. This is not what Thomas deserved. If Tuchel will stay well until the end of the season? I can't answer this question at the moment.”, he added. For his part, Thomas Tuchel gave a big rant, but did not mention his future: “It shouldn’t happen to this level. We had everything under control at half-time, it's difficult to answer now. We are struggling to maintain the level, unfortunately today is further proof of that. We lost the game in the first 15 minutes of the second half, although we had done a lot of good things in the first half., he explained in the mixed zone. As a reminder, the Bavarian technician will leave the Rekordmeister at the end of the season.
