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The criticism of Upamecano is becoming more and more blatant
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FC Bayern has major defensive problems this season. This is also due to central defender Dayot Upamecano, who made the next big mistake against Cologne. Coach Tuchel doesn’t mince his words, but also tries to protect him.
What’s wrong with Bayern defender Dayot Upamecano? The French national soccer player was only on the pitch for a short time in Munich’s Bundesliga home win against 1. FC Köln on Saturday, but after coming on as a substitute shortly before the end, he almost equalized for the guests with a bad bad pass when the score was 1-0 enabled. It wasn’t until injury time that Thomas Müller scored to make the final score 2-0.
In the 89th minute, defender Upamecano (23) played a ball in front of his own goal into the feet of Cologne attacker Luca Waldschmidt. Upamecano’s defensive colleague Eric Dier was able to iron out the dangerous situation with courageous effort. Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel then reprimanded Upamecano, but at the same time protected him.
Dayot Upamecano is a factor of uncertainty in the Bayern game
Source: dpa/Tom Weller
“I hope he knows and feels that he has our full support. We know his potential. We know about his qualities. I personally know about his huge ambition,” said Tuchel. But even the coach can’t ignore Upamecano’s recurring misfires. “Of course there are too many big individual mistakes at the moment, they decide the games at the highest level. Today Cologne let us off the hook again. Of course, Upa has been directly involved in too many goals recently. There are phases like that. There is even more support.”
Does Upamecano have to play against Arsenal?
Especially with a view to the quarter-final second leg in the Champions League on Wednesday against Arsenal FC. “Upa’s potential may require that he has to play on Wednesday, that he has to come in, in order to possibly secure a huge success for us. There is no time now to constantly put your finger in the wound,” said Tuchel.
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Upamecano was the first choice in Bayern’s central defense for a long time this season. That changed at the latest after he was thrown off the pitch in the 1-0 defeat in the Champions League round of 16 at Lazio Rome in February and a few days later in the 3-2 defeat in Bochum and played a significant role in both defeats. Since moving to FC Bayern from RB Leipzig for over 40 million euros in the summer of 2021, the Frenchman has not been able to consistently perform at his top level. Upamecano repeatedly makes serious individual mistakes.
