It all went quite smoothly for the new head coach of FC Bayern on his first serious day at the German soccer champions. After a good 20 minutes of play, his new team was already 3-0 up against his old one. It was a powerful debut that Tuchel experienced on Saturday in FC Bayern’s 4-2 win and of course helped shape it.
It was also a victory with an impact, because now Bayern are back in front and have ousted the rebellious Dortmund Borussia from the top of the table. What was possible with Julian Nagelsmann is not possible with Tuchel – that was a clear message from the new boss at the champions, who will not tolerate any resistance in the title fight.
Of course, Tuchel had changed something before the league classic and not just in the line-up – by first putting Mané and Joao Cancelo on the bench and previously speaking of “trust” that the team must have in itself.
FC Bayern needs Tuchel’s lack of humor
That the Dortmunders paved the way to Bayern’s triumph with a gift, an own goal – just a gift. Tuchel is not a Nagelsmann, not the longboard guy who just boards casually to the training ground on Säbener Straße. Tuchel is the humorless guy who still tells his players whether they have a carrot too much or too little to eat. Supposedly, according to a legend, they sneaked secretly to the fast food restaurant with the team when he was at BVB when the coach didn’t see it.
They were nervous, the new upper grantler of FC Bayern, Oliver Kahn, even had a fight with Lothar Matthäus, hobby columnist, before the summit. In front of the running TV camera. Bayern’s sports director shouldn’t have been nervous at all. When Tuchel makes his debut, the players just want to prove themselves.
Tuchel’s star portfolio among the big players in European football is almost flawless in three different leagues: he has not conceded a goal three times, in 2015 there was a 4-0 win with BVB against Mönchengladbach. 2018 with PSG a 3-0 against Caen, 2021 with Chelsea – okay, not that great – a 0-0 against Wolverhampton.
Sure, this time there were two late goals. That shouldn’t have been the case from Bayern’s point of view, but maybe that made sense too. Because for sure: Bayern and Tuchel Thomas, that will be something. Tuchel’s lack of humor is exactly what FC Bayern needed now.
Claus cousin believes that Bayern have now taken the safe path to the championship title with Thomas Tuchel.
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