Sport Injured at FC Bayern
“It’s jinxed,” complains Tuchel after the next failure
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FC Bayern loses at VfB Stuttgart. The injuries are more serious than the defeat. Another star is now in danger of missing out in the semi-final second leg of the Champions League against Real Madrid. Coach Thomas Tuchel is stunned.
These are extremely intense weeks for FC Bayern. The German record champions are looking for a successor to coach Thomas Tuchel, who left in the summer, and between the two semi-final games in the Champions League against Real Madrid they had to deal with everyday Bundesliga life on Saturday afternoon.
Away against VfB Stuttgart this didn’t work at all, Bayern lost 1:3 (1:1). They have only won two of their last seven away games in the league and are playing their weakest second half of the season in 17 years.
Compared to the first leg against Real (2:2), Tuchel changed his starting eleven to six positions; he left Jamal Musiala, Leon Goretzka and Leroy Sané out, among others – Wednesday (9 p.m., DAZN) his Bayern will fight for the second leg at the Bernabeu Stadium Advance to the final, which will be played at Wembley Stadium on June 1st. Because Raphaël Guerreiro was injured in Stuttgart, Tuchel had to substitute Goretzka in the 17th minute of the game.
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How is Guerreiro, a reporter asked Tuchel after the final whistle. “He’s not feeling well at all, he’s walking around on crutches. “It’s jinxed,” replied the coach, visibly annoyed by the injury misfortune. According to Tuchel, Guerreiro is very likely to miss the game against Madrid. That was “bitter, bitter, bitter for us,” said Tuchel. Defense professional Eric Dier also had to have his head treated in Stuttgart. The Englishman initially continued playing with a turban on, but was then substituted.
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The injured central defender Matthijs de Ligt should try training on Sunday, the Dutchman did not play in Stuttgart and trained individually on Saturday instead.
“When we sit on the bus, I won’t allow anyone to think about this game,” said Tuchel. You have to get over the game in Stuttgart quickly. It will be difficult enough on Wednesday in Madrid. His team would have had great chances to score in Stuttgart and could have won.
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Leonidas Stergiou scored the 1-0 for VfB (29th). Harry Kane used a controversial penalty kick – Serge Gnabry had fallen after a challenge with Waldemar Anton, the VAR had checked the scene – to make it 1-1 (37th). It was the striker’s 36th goal of the season.
Anton said after the game that from his point of view it wasn’t a penalty. Gnabry was surprised by the statement and emphasized: “He clearly hits me in the eye, I felt the contact.” Sky expert Dietmar “Didi” Hamann said: “Anton is being punished for Gnabry having his head so far down. “And Tuchel said with a smile when he saw the replay on TV: “Soft penalty.”
Max Eberl: Rangnick’s rejection came as a surprise
Tuchel also had to replace the injured Eric Dier in the second half. Stuttgart continued to dominate, substitute Woo-Yeong Jeong headed the score 2-1 (83′), Silas scored in stoppage time to make it 3-1 (90+3).
Bayern sports director Max Eberl did not want to comment on the names of coaching candidates on Saturday. Among others, the Spaniard Julen Lopetegui, who is without a club, is being traded. Ralf Rangnick’s rejection was “ultimately surprising”. “But for us it is what it is, and now we move on,” said Eberl, who spoke of “a door” that had now suddenly opened.
Ralf Rangnick has canceled FC Bayern
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He didn’t reveal any more details. Rangnick announced last Wednesday that he would remain Austria’s national coach. Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso and national coach Julian Nagelsmann had previously decided to remain in their positions. Roberto de Zerbi from Brighton & Hove Albion and Roger Schmidt from Benfica Lisbon, who were also considered candidates, recently announced that they wanted to stay with their clubs.
Tuchel himself and club president Herbert Hainer emphasized on Saturday that the current coach will not be Bayern coach beyond the end of the season. “There is always pressure in football, and there is even more pressure at Bayern,” said Eberl. “Training starts on July 15th – then he should be on the pitch.”
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Sky expert Hamann said after the game in Stuttgart: “Bayern needs a person who has empathy, who approaches people and mediates, who treats the players like sons.” For him, Sebastian Hoeneß would generally have been the first solution, Hamann raved from the Stuttgart coach, who will stay at VfB. “Based on his type, Bayern could really use him,” said Hamann.