Left behind in the championship by Bayer Leverkusen, defeated in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League against Lazio Rome (0-1), the crisis is brewing at Bayern Munich, which has decided to part ways with its coach, Thomas Tuchel, the end of the season. The announcement was made by the Bavarian club in a press release released on Wednesday February 21.
“After open discussions, we came to the conclusion to end our joint work in the summer,” explained the chairman of the board, Jan-Christian Dreesen, quoted in the club press release.
Arriving on the Munich bench at the end of March 2023 to replace Julian Nagelsmann, dismissed to everyone's surprise, Thomas Tuchel had signed a contract until June 30, 2025, the term of which was reduced to June 30, 2024, explained Bayern .
Three defeats in a row
During his first months in Munich, the former Paris Saint-Germain coach managed to win an eleventh consecutive German championship title – the thirty-third – on the last day thanks to a goal in the 89th minute of Jamal Musiala, who allowed Borussia Dortmund to overtake in the standings. This title made it possible to save Bayern's season at the last minute, which had been eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Champions League by the future winner, Manchester City (1-4 over the two matches), and in the German Cup by Friborg ( 1-2).
For this 2023-2024 season, if the Bavarian club finished undefeated in the group stage of the Champions League (five wins and a draw), it began to sink in recent days with a heavy defeat on the lawn of the leader of the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen (0-3), then a setback in Rome against Lazio in the round of 16 of the Champions League, before sinking in the championship on Saturday in Bochum (2-3), of which the club is fighting to maintain . Bayern Munich now sits eight points behind Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.
