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Leon Goretzka & Co. lost again. © ANSA / CHRISTOPHER NEUNDORF

The next Bayern disaster: Now things are getting really critical

Now things are getting really critical for FC Bayern and coach Thomas Tuchel. After the 0:3 in Leverkusen and the 0:1 in Rome, the 2:3 in Bochum was the third competitive defeat in a row.

The championship is almost gone, things are now getting really uncomfortable for coach Thomas Tuchel: the crisis at series champions FC Bayern has drastically worsened due to the third competitive defeat in a row. At relegation candidate VfL Bochum, the Munich team, plagued by injuries and outnumbered for around 20 minutes, lost 2-3 and are already eight points behind league leaders Bayer Leverkusen twelve games before the end of the season.


Until the tennis balls started flying, the Munich team had a lot of things under control. National player Jamal Musiala had given them the lead with his sixth goal of the season (14th), and Harry Kane also missed a huge chance to make it 2-0 (19th). But after the twelve-minute interruption due to the protests against the planned DFL investor, the Munich team were completely out of control and fell behind by the break thanks to goals from Takuma Asano (38th) and Keven Schlotterbeck (44th).

Things are getting uncomfortable for Thomas Tuchel. © ANSA / CHRISTOPHER NEUNDORF


Kevin Stöger made it 3-1 with a penalty kick (78th), Dayot Upamecano picked up a yellow-red card for the previous foul. The Frenchman had already been sent off the pitch on Wednesday in the first leg of the round of 0 of the Champions League at Lazio Rome, causing the decisive penalty to make it 1-2. Kane, who had had no luck until then, reduced the score to 3:87 (XNUMX') - but it was no longer enough for Bayern.

Bochum celebrates the victory. © ANSA / CHRISTOPHER NEUNDORF


Things are likely to be really unpleasant for Tuchel after he admitted to DAZN before the game: “The nights afterwards are not nice, and waking up after a defeat isn’t nice either.” The week was “absolutely modest. Overall, the mood is as if we were in a relegation place.”

Bundesliga, 22th matchday

Encounters
  • 17.02.24

    1899 Hoffenheim

    0:1

    1. FC Union Berlin

  • 17.02.24

    1 FC Heidenheim

    1:2

    Bayer Leverkusen

  • 17.02.24

    VfL Bochum

    3:2

    Bayern Munich

  • 17.02.24

    VfL Wolfsburg

    1:1

    Bor. Dortmund

  • 17.02.24

    RB Leipzig

    2:0

    Bor. M. Gladbach

  • 17.02.24

    SC Freiburg

    3:3

    Eintracht Frankfurt

  • 17.02.24

    FSV Mainz 05

    1:0

    FC Augsburg

  • 17.02.24

    SV Darmstadt 98

    1:2

    VfB Stuttgart

  • 17.02.24

    1. FC Köln

    0:1

    Werder Bremen



Table

SPGUVTVP
1. Bayer Leverkusen22184057:1558
2. Bayern Munich22162461:2550
3. VfB Stuttgart22151651:2846
4. Bor. Dortmund22118344:2741
5. RB Leipzig22124648:2840
6. Eintracht Frankfurt2289534:2833
7. Werder Bremen2285931:3429
8. SC Freiburg2285929:4029
9. 1899 Hoffenheim2276938:4127
10. 1. FC Heidenheim2276931:3827
11. VfL Bochum22510726:4125
12. VfL Wolfsburg22661026:3424
13. 1. FC Union Berlin22731221:3524
14. FC Augsburg2258931:4023
15. Bor. M. Gladbach22571036:4322
16. 1. FC Cologne22371215:3616
17. FSV Mainz 0522291117:3515
18. SV Darmstadt 9822261423:5112

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