Thomas Tuchel has recently achieved two important victories with FC Bayern.Image: IMAGO images / Eibner
When FC Bayern welcomes 1. FC Heidenheim on Saturday, the roles will be clearly assigned. With a home win, the Munich team want to take the lead in the table, at least for the time being; Bayer Leverkusen could only follow suit on Sunday.
SV Darmstadt recently found out how bad things can get for a newcomer in the Allianz Arena. The Lilies were outnumbered for a short time, but ultimately lost 8-0 when they were outnumbered. Bayern would be only too happy to say goodbye to the subsequent international break with such a spectacle.
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One Bayern professional who will say goodbye to the international break before the home game kicks off on Saturday is Daniel Peretz. “We will be turning him off today,” Tuchel announced at the press conference on Friday. The goalkeeper is traveling directly to the national team and is therefore not available to FCB at the weekend.
Bayern goalkeeper Daniel Peretz before an international four-pack
The background is the tight timing of the international games. The Israeli games were canceled in October due to Hamas attacks, but they will be rescheduled in the coming days. The bottom line is that there are four international matches within ten days, the first of which takes place on Sunday against Kosovo.
Daniel Peretz is traveling to the Israeli national team on Friday.Image: dpa / Lennart Preiss
Bayern can also agree to Peretz’s early retirement because Manuel Neuer coped well with his comeback. The veteran will guard the goal again on Saturday, with Sven Ulreich taking his place on the bench.
As with virtually every conversation with Tuchel recently, the press conference was also about an expert opinion. This time it wasn’t Lothar Matthäus or Didi Hamann, but former Bayern professional Mehmet Scholl.
FC Bayern: Thomas Tuchel finds clear words
In the Sky program “Triple – The Schüttflix Football Talk” he suspected that Tuchel had deliberately rotated extremely in the DFB Cup against Saarbrücken in order to draw attention to the lack of width in the squad. He consciously accepted the end.
Mehmet Scholl played for FC Bayern from 1992 to 2007. Image: dpa / Tobias Hase
“That’s absolute nonsense,” Bayern’s trainer now found clear words for this thesis. The cup game was used “to spare a few players. We did that in the first round too.”
It was also about giving a chance to those who had recently been used less frequently, but “quite simply deserved it”. As a coach, Tuchel is responsible for keeping not just eleven players but an entire squad happy.
Thomas Tuchel indirectly causes laughter
He also kept the journalists present on Friday lunchtime happy. Because the club’s annual general meeting is coming up on Sunday, a media representative spoke to the coach about the past events.
“No, I didn’t notice that,” admitted Tuchel. “Better,” replied the journalist. Laughter ensued throughout the room, and the Bayern coach also laughed heartily. “Then I’m excited,” he looked ahead to Sunday with a grin.
Unlike the players, Tuchel himself will be present at the upcoming annual general meeting. On Saturday, he and his team first wanted to “do the necessary preparatory work to ensure a good general atmosphere.” So that we can laugh again on Sunday.
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2023-11-12 06:50:00
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