Sports director Max Eberl responded to FC Bayern’s defeat against Heidenheim with horror – veteran Thomas Müller, on the other hand, advocated not burying one’s head in the sand.
After FC Bayern Munich’s embarrassment at 1. FC Heidenheim (2:3), one person remains completely focused: Thomas Müller. While criticism rains down on the FCB in general, on individual players in particular, on tactics and, above all, on coach Thomas Tuchel, the veteran continues to concentrate on the essentials – on football: He is “almost in fighting mode again towards Tuesday “, said Müller after the defeat on the Ostalb, which saw Bayern’s gap to Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen grow to 16 points on Saturday. “The resentment in me is almost smiling again.”
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Müller warned against pessimism: “I would only resort to general criticism – if at all – when we really have nothing left worth fighting for.” The 34-year-old demanded after his 700th competitive game for Munich that it is important to remain closed for the time being. As for the Champions League quarter-finals at Arsenal on Tuesday, Müller said: “We will give everything on Tuesday. It’s not that we’re picking our noses and don’t care about anything, but we have a lot Don’t need the punch to get results.”
Completely different tones came from FCB sports director Max Eberl. He looked worriedly towards London. What gives him hope for the first leg? “At the moment I can’t think of much. Are you a top team? It doesn’t look like that at the moment,” said Eberl after the sobering game against Heidenheim.
Eberl protects Tuchel
And even more clearly: “So you don’t have to go to London on Tuesday,” the 50-year-old added: “You really have to do the turnaround so that you don’t really get hit in the nose. We should be a bit ashamed and the Bavarian coat of arms is represented more worthy.”
Eberl even expressed concerns about qualifying for the Champions League again next season. “We can quickly get rid of the arrogance, we are not in the Champions League yet,” he said and again announced a drastic change: “I believe that a lot needs to be changed.”
He wanted to exempt coach Thomas Tuchel, who will also be on the bench against Arsenal, from his criticism despite the misery. “Thomas was very emotional the week, he laid everything in the meeting room. If you get something like that back, it’s definitely not what he deserves.”
Tuchel will leave Bayern after the season, it will be too late for record national player Lothar Matthäus: “The team needs new impetus, Thomas Tuchel can no longer give it to the team.”
Eberl criticizes FC Bayern stars
Eberl did not direct his criticism so much at Tuchel, but rather at the stars: “They are all national players, they are German champions and Champions League winners. I expect more manliness. That is not the face of FC Bayern.” complained the Munich sports director.
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Source: Blickpunkt Sport April 7, 2024 – 9:45 p.m