Bayern coach sends warning
Tuchel longs to “believe” in the great “miracle”
4/18/2023 6:53 p.m
On Wednesday evening, the troubled FC Bayern has to turn a 0: 3 against the over-team Manchester City. Thomas Tuchel wants to “find faith” before the cracker in the Champions League. He misses the lightness of his team – and immediately warns the players.
Thomas Tuchel sees his recently criticized Bayern stars challenged with a footballing and mental top performance in the desired quarter-final sensation. “It’s about finding faith, having faith. But believing doesn’t mean dreaming,” said the 49-year-old Bayern Munich coach on the evening before the second leg on Wednesday (9 p.m./DAZN and in the live ticker on ntv.de) against Manchester City. In the Allianz Arena it is then necessary to make up for the 0:3 from the first leg in order to progress. “We are responsible for sparking the spark,” said Tuchel. Back is the recently injured attacker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who is also a candidate for the starting XI.
“If we manage to win both halves, anything can happen,” said Tuchel. But you also need a little bit of luck for such great deeds. “There are moments that make decisive things out of small moments,” said Tuchel and immediately warned the team: “We can’t talk miracles.” It must be delivered on the pitch, FC Bayern must “put in a top performance, half-time for half-time”.
Bayern “lacks ease and self-confidence”
When addressing the team, you have to find a “realistic level” after a 0: 3 in the first leg, said the coach. The 1-1 draw against Hoffenheim didn’t help “that we believe in ourselves 100 percent,” said Tuchel. There is currently a lack of “ease and self-confidence”, but in football it can “move quickly and the knot bursts”.
The team struggled to show confidence. “We have seen in the past that such a comeback is possible,” said France defender Benjamin Pavard. “We know what we can do with our audience behind us.” Pavard hopes that Munich can still avert the third quarter-final knockout in a row in the Champions League. “We’re ready for the game. We know the first leg wasn’t good. Now we have our fans behind us and we’ll do everything we can to get there,” said the 27-year-old.
There are a few role models for miracles in the knockout phase, such as Jürgen Klopp with Liverpool and Sadio Mané, who was still storming for the Reds at the time, in the 4-0 win against FC Barcelona in the 2019 semifinals great player,” said Pavard. Tuchel will decide whether the Senegalese, who was last suspended for a game, will play against City.