Thomas Tuchel hardly shows any fighting spirit before the championship final. He speaks of a “minimal chance” in the long-distance duel with Borussia Dortmund and calls the season – one way or another – unsatisfactory.
Before the championship decision on the last day of the Bundesliga match, Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel did not try to stir up emotions with verbal challenges to Borussia Dortmund.
The 49-year-old is more realistic about the starting position before the last matchday, in which league leaders Borussia Dortmund are the clear favorites for the title. “We have to win – and then we need support,” said Tuchel. He spoke of “a minimal chance”.
BVB has it in their own hands
Bayern will only be German champions for the eleventh time in a row if they win at 1. FC Köln this Saturday (3:30 p.m. / Sky) with a two-point deficit and Dortmund do not defeat FSV Mainz 05 in their own stadium at the same time. “Anything can happen, in any game,” said Tuchel about the starting position in the fight for the title: “There just has to be a little inattentiveness. There can be red cards, penalties, set pieces, deficits, that can always happen.”
Nevertheless, there is “no news or predictions to BVB about what can happen to them. We have enough to do with ourselves. We’ve messed up often enough. We have to win again and have to show a reaction from a low, like far too often.” Irrespective of the outcome of the last matchday, Tuchel drew a sobering conclusion about what may have been the first untitled Bayern season since 2012. “It won’t be a season that we’re happy with, no matter how it ends,” he said. Nevertheless, the season “must come to an end, whether we like it or not”.
Center forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is said to be back in the Munich squad after a break of several weeks due to knee problems in Cologne. Defender Lucas Hernández, on the other hand, will not be part of the team after tearing his cruciate ligament in his knee. The Frenchman’s comeback would be “more than irresponsible,” said Tuchel.
Source: Stern
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