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Thomas Tuchel Wants Bayern Munich To Inflict Pain On ‘Amazing’ Arsenal | Football News
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Thomas Tuchel Wants Bayern Munich To Inflict Pain On ‘Amazing’ Arsenal | Football News

[ad_1] Thomas Tuchel wants Bayern Munich to make "amazing" Arsenal suffer Champions League pain once again as the crisis-torn Bundesliga side try to salvage their season. Tuchel's team are on the brink of surrendering the German title for the first time in 12 years after a brutal domestic campaign. Bayern are 16 points adrift of leaders Bayer Leverkusen following four defeats in their last eight league games, with Tuchel set to leave at the end of the season. Tuchel knows Bayern can redeem themselves by winning the club's seventh Champions League crown.The next step on that journey comes at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday when Bayern face Premier League leaders Arsenal in the quarter-final first leg."The season is not lost. The season is over when it's over," Tuchel told reporters."We ar...
Thomas Tuchel To Leave Bayern Munich At The End Of The Season: Club | Football News
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Thomas Tuchel To Leave Bayern Munich At The End Of The Season: Club | Football News

[ad_1] Bayern Munich said Wednesday they would part ways with manager Thomas Tuchel at the end of the season, as the reigning German champions struggled to stay in the Bundesliga title race. "We came to the mutual decision to end our collaboration in the summer," Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen said in a statement, following talks with Tuchel. The coach, whose contract was set to run through to 2025, would exit the club on June 30 this year. "Until then, my coaching team and I will of course continue to do everything we can to ensure maximum success," Tuchel said in the statement. Bayer...
Title ‘Not So Realistic’ Says Thomas Tuchel After Bayern Munich’s ‘Horror’ Week | Football News
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Title ‘Not So Realistic’ Says Thomas Tuchel After Bayern Munich’s ‘Horror’ Week | Football News

[ad_1] Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel said winning this season's Bundesliga title was "not so realistic right now" after a loss on Sunday which left Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen eight points clear at the top. The 3-2 defeat at lowly Bochum was Bayern's third reverse in a row, after a 3-0 thumping by Alonso's league leaders last weekend and a 1-0 midweek loss at Lazio in the Champions League. The German champions have not lost three matches in a row since 2015, a run which included semi-final defeats to Barcelona in the Champions League and Borussia Dortmund in the German Cup.  Asked...
‘No Hiding’ For Bayern Munich As Bayer Leverkusen Threaten To Pull Away | Football News
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‘No Hiding’ For Bayern Munich As Bayer Leverkusen Threaten To Pull Away | Football News

[ad_1] Bayern Munich could be as many as eight points behind league leaders Bayer Leverkusen when they travel to Bochum on Sunday after one of the club's worst weeks in recent memory. Bayern were outclassed in Saturday's 3-0 loss in Leverkusen, before losing 1-0 to Lazio on Wednesday -- their first defeat in an opening leg in the Champions League last 16 since 2012. Speaking afterwards in Rome on Wednesday, England captain Harry Kane said "we're in a difficult spell, there's no hiding that." A "frustrated and angry" Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel said he was "at a loss" to explain the "huge ...
Young Midfield Maestros Headline Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich Summit Clash | Football News
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Young Midfield Maestros Headline Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich Summit Clash | Football News

[ad_1] Headlining Saturday's title-defining clash between Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich are the sides' respective 20-year-old German midfield maestros -- Florian Wirtz and Jamal Musiala. Born nine weeks apart in 2003, Wirtz and Musiala look set to form the core of Germany's midfield for the next decade, but will go head to head in a match which could have huge ramifications for the league title. A win at home will send Bayer Leverkusen five points clear with 13 games to play this season, putting Xabi Alonso's side in the box seat for a maiden Bundesliga crown.  A Bayern victory will...
Bayern’s Tuchel Gamble Laid Bare By Champions League Exit As Man City Cruise | Football News
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Bayern’s Tuchel Gamble Laid Bare By Champions League Exit As Man City Cruise | Football News

[ad_1] Bayern Munich's Champions League exit on Wednesday has turned the focus on the club's hierarchy and their surprise decision to sack former manager Julian Nagelsmann. The six-time winners drew 1-1 at home against Manchester City but went out 4-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals, after a 3-0 first leg demolition in Manchester. Nagelsmann was sacked in late March with the club still in the mix for a treble. In six matches under Tuchel, Bayern have won two, drawn two and lost two, being eliminated from both the German Cup and the Champions League.But while Tuchel is likely to be spared much of the criticism due to the little time he has had in the job so far, the focus has been laid squarely on club leadership.Chief executive Oliver Kahn and sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic have...
Sleepless Nights For Bayern Boss Tuchel Ahead Of Man City Clash | Football News
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Sleepless Nights For Bayern Boss Tuchel Ahead Of Man City Clash | Football News

[ad_1] Thomas Tuchel is so fired up for Bayern Munich's Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City that the German has had trouble sleeping ahead of Tuesday's first leg. Tuchel takes Bayern to the Etihad Stadium looking to move a step closer to winning the Champions League for the second time. The 49-year-old led Chelsea to victory over Pep Guardiola's City in the 2021 final before being sacked by the Premier League club last September. Now Tuchel is working overtime to come up with a plan to beat Guardiola again.That means interrupted sleep patterns for the Bayern boss in the build-up as he mulls over his tactical plans."I will try to go to bed early. I just hope I will be able to sleep," Tuchel told reporters on Monday."The best preparation is sleep but sometimes it is hard...