Bayern Munich will face Galatasaray SK for a Champions League Group A soccer match in Munich on November 08, 2023. A coaching session in Munich, Germany, on November 07, 2023.
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Bayern Munich hopes to proceed its successful begin to the Champions League towards Galatasaray on Wednesday amid a brouhaha over coach Thomas Tuchel’s response to criticism.
Tuchel broke off from a post-game TV interview following his crew’s 4-0 win at Borussia Dortmund in “der Klassiker” on Saturday, when he was clearly nonetheless aggrieved by commentary from consultants after Bayern’s surprise loss to third-division Saarbrücken in the German Cup simply days earlier than.
The coach directed his ire at former Bayern stars Lothar Matthäus and Dietmar Hamann, now pundits for Sky TV, for saying there had been no improvement of the crew since Tuchel had taken over from the fired Julian Nagelsmann in March.
“I haven’t seen any development with the pair of them either,” Tuchel countered at a press convention on Friday.
Tuchel was snappy when speaking to Sky presenter Patrick Wasserziehr earlier than the Dortmund recreation – “I don’t want to disturb when the experts are speaking about us,” he mentioned after which adopted up after his crew’s win by responding sarcastically to Matthäus’ reward.
“Then it’s Easter and Christmas!” Tuchel mentioned.
He later broke off from the interview, then adopted up in the post-game press convention by saying, “Should I quote Didi and Lothar here? For a team that hasn’t developed and with a poor relationship between players and coach, I would say it looked quite OK.”
Bayern chief government Jan-Christian Dreesen defended his coach in an interview with Kicker journal on Monday, when he mentioned he was shocked by the extent of criticism directed at Tuchel and the crew.
“We made our best start to the Bundesliga in seven years and won every game in the Champions League. That everything is then reduced to the cup defeat and that wins are spoken of badly is absolutely not OK,” Dreesen mentioned. “It’s completely understandable that Thomas Tuchel won’t let it slide, and he has our full support.”
Bayern’s gamers are unlikely to be distracted as they search their fourth win from 4 video games in Group A on Wednesday. They already got here from behind to beat Galatasaray 3-1 in their final recreation in Istanbul to stretch the membership’s successful streak in the group stage to 16 video games – a contest document.
The Bavarian powerhouse is unbeaten in its final 37 group-stage video games, additionally a document.
Overall, Bayern is bidding to win Europe’s premier competitors for the seventh time. Its final Champions League title got here on the expense of home rival Dortmund in 2013, when it additionally gained the German Cup and began its document run of 11 straight Bundesliga titles.
Another treble is now not potential this season following its German Cup loss final week – the defeat that prompted Matthäus and Hamann’s criticism.
Bayern defender Matthijs de Ligt will miss the sport with a knee harm.
Galatasaray might be preventing for second place in the group towards Manchester United, which it defeated 3-2 away on the second matchday. The Turkish champion has 4 factors from three video games, yet another than United, which performs Copenhagen in the opposite match on Wednesday.
