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Praised for its management model, Bayern Munich has experienced many difficulties in recent seasons. At the end of last season, Oliver Kahn (CEO) was removed from his position. Same thing for sports director Hasan Salihamidžić. Two major departures. But the work of the two men was not considered satisfactory after an exercise where the residents of the Allianz Arena experienced great difficulties. Despite winning the German championship, they were eliminated in the Champions League and German Cup, two of the club’s goals.
Angry players
In 2023, Bayern Munich also parted ways with Julian Nagelsmann. His methods and especially his attitude were not to the taste of his bosses, who did not hesitate to replace him in March with Thomas Tuchel. But the latter has also experienced great difficulties since his arrival in Bavaria. Eliminated this season in the German Cup against Saarbrücken, a D3 team, he is still in contention in the Champions League, where his team will challenge Lazio Rome tomorrow in the 1/8 final first leg, as well as in the Bundesliga. But the Munich residents, second, are 5 lengths behind Bayer Leverkusen, leader. Xabi Alonso’s team beat Bayern on Saturday (3-1).
A defeat which exploded the club at all levels. As for the players, Thomas Müller sent a few messages to the press after the match. “I’m really upset. Congratulations to Leverkusen, it’s an absolutely deserved victory. In training we show much better approaches, because we are more courageous and play more football. Sometimes we lack freedom in matches, we think too much. Leverkusen plays simply, they look for solutions. When things get difficult, we have to put the ball in the opponent’s half more often.”
A locker room that is cracking
Then, he added another layer: “none of us took responsibility for leading the game. This can be explained by our lack of audacity, we players, our lack of aggressiveness and our poor reading of the match. It’s not the coach’s fault. Look at Leverkusen, not all moves are planned. They’re just playing. They play football.” A punch outing from the attacker, who wasn’t the only one to have it bad. Remained on the bench the entire match, Matthijs de Ligt was “angry” with TT, indicated Bild. The Dutchman did not appreciate his coach’s choices.
The latter preferred to line up Eric Dier, who has just arrived, Kim Min-jae, who returned from the Asian Cup of Nations, and Dayot Upamecano, back from injury. The German media specified that relations between the defender and Tuchel are frosty. This Tuesday, it’s the turn of Sports 1 to make revelations about the Bavarian group. Thus, we learn that several members of the locker room are not satisfied with the quality of the team. According to them, many players who have arrived in recent years do not have Bayern DNA. Enough to divide a little more a formation which lacks leaders and which will still have to make changes in the coming months, according to Sports 1.
