Bayern Munich has not said goodbye to the title!

The crisis had been total at Bayern Munich for several days. Swept by Bayer Leverkusen (3-0), two weeks ago, the German club also lost in Rome against Lazio in the Champions League (1-0) before finally losing again in the league against Bochum (3-2). Unfavorably on the international scene and relegated eleven points behind Bayer Leverkusen in the league after yesterday’s Werkself victory against Mainz (2-1), Bayern Munich hosted RB Leipzig (5th) in an explosive context. Especially since the club announced this Wednesday the departure of coach Thomas Tuchel at the end of the season.

And before the kick-off of this meeting against Leipzig, tension still surrounded Thomas Tuchel who was irritated when he was asked before the match if he could leave earlier than planned if he could not stop this negative dynamic . “We issued a joint message on Wednesday that we will continue until the end of the season, and you are asking me about the next negative scenario? “With this decision, we hoped to avoid all the additional speculation surrounding each scenario. We didn’t succeed because we moved on to the next scenario just before the first minute of the match. blurted out the former coach of Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea annoyed at the microphone of Sky Germany.

Bayern still believe in the title

Despite this explosive context, Bayern Munich took the game into their own hands and produced an honest first act despite great solidity from RB Leipzig. Returning from the locker room, the Saxons raised their voice but paradoxically it was Harry Kane who found the fault (56th). But the visitors continued to push until Benjamin Sesko equalized (70th). As a new setback presented itself, Harry Kane emerged as a hero following a lot of work from Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting to save the Rekordmeister from embarrassment (90th +1). A 2-1 victory and an 8-point comeback for Bayer Leverkusen which did not cure the Bavarian club but which at least had the merit of offering a reaction of pride from the residents of the Allianz Arena.

Far from being abandoned by his players as the match showed, Thomas Tuchel directly saw his captain Manuel Neuer supporting him at the final whistle: “it’s bitter not having been able to build anything. I am also sorry for the technical staff. In the end, we screwed up together. I think you shouldn’t always look at the teacher when you get bad grades. It gives a bad image to all of us, to the team, to the players, because we failed to succeed with such a strong coach. It is also our responsibility when a good coach is fired. We want to continue the journey professionally until the end.” The Thomas Tuchel question was on everyone’s lips and in the mixed zone after the match, Jan-Christian Dreesen, CEO of Bayern Munich, said more about the reasons for this choice to part ways with the German coach: “We noticed in the last few matches that things weren’t working. That’s why we decided to separate this summer. The team is now just as responsible as the technical staff.”

Relief was in any case the watchword, like the words of Thomas Müller at the end of the game: “It was a victory for all of us. We are all in this together. It wasn’t an easy period for us, after three defeats in one week, especially against Leipzig, an opponent who can hurt. We played better in the first half, but we weren’t efficient enough. We completely dominated Leipzig in the first half. We didn’t give them a chance. Even though we were a little lucky to score late, we are happy to have won.” Similar words to his coach Thomas Tuchel. A question now remains, do Bayern Munich still believe in the Bundesliga title? For President Herbert Hainer, abdicating is simply impossible: “When FC Bayern loses three times in a row, we all have to question ourselves. This is not our ambition. We will draw the consequences. Expectations are very high at FC Bayern. There’s pressure on everyone, but ultimately that’s the formula for success at FC Bayern: we’re never satisfied. (…) we will never give up.” The competition has been warned, Bayern Munich is not dead.