After a corner very well defended by SC Freiburg, Mathys Tel recovered the ball at the top of the area with a brave tackle on Vincenzo Grifo, he made an inimitable move and with a wonderful movement conjured the ball into the corner.
Jamal Musiala receives the ball on the left side of the area. He has one opponent, he has two, even three. With the playing material close to his foot, he jumps between the Freiburg trio and shoots from a slightly acute angle. Goal, simply magical.
Two dream goals are not enough for Bayern
Two dream goals, two fantastic individual actions. but they are enough Bayern will not be in the game on Friday night against SC Freiburg. It's 2:2 in the end. A draw that seems like the nail in the coffin in the championship race against Bayer Leverkusen. The Werkself can go ten points ahead with a three-pointer against relegation candidate 1. FC Köln on Sunday.
After last week's 2-1 win against RB Leipzig in response to the summer dismissal of (current) coach Thomas Tuchel, there have been sounds of hope again in Munich lately. Max Eberl, who was officially presented as the new sporting director in Munich on Tuesday and had his first official working day in Freiburg, even spoke of title ambitions in his presentation press conference. “I don't want to give up this season,” he said. The last three months of the season are about “maybe even winning titles,” Eberl continued.
After this disappointing 2-2 draw against Freiburg, who have been in poor form of late, can they now face the looming truth? Because there certainly wasn't a championship team on the field.
“Harakiri”: Tuchel dismantles his Bayern
The first half hour in particular was devastating. After twelve minutes, Roland Sallai was initially rejected by the sensational reaction of Manuel Neuer, and immediately afterwards he was rejected by the aluminum of the enclosure with a kick. As Bayern could not get the ball from behind, captain Christian Günter sent the ball perfectly and unstoppably into the corner from the defensive zone.
Afterwards, Tuchel's team should not have complained about having conceded a second or even a third goal before the break. “We played completely without structure, we were too undisciplined and we were not in our positions,” the coach correctly analyzed in the first half hour later on Dazn.
Dazn expert Jonas Hummels criticized the coach for the weak initial phase. “Why does this keep happening?” he asked. “In an away game in Freiburg, they come from a phase in which they have had little success. Why can't they themselves dictate the structure in a game like this? Why do you have to wait until halftime to form a three-man chain? I do not understand that.”
Tuchel himself analyzed his “headless” team, talked about “hara-kiri” football and was simultaneously perplexed and stunned by the performance: “I think sometimes we had phases in which our central defender ran behind the full-back. “We did things we had never trained before, things we had never talked about.”
Tuchel unmasks himself with the saying “lucky goal”
A proper analysis. And yet he finally said: “The only reason we don't win is because of a lucky goal in a standard situation.” Here Tuchel unmasks himself.
Lucas Höler's late equalizer (87th), like all the goals that night, is a wonderful dream goal. But as at 0-1, the opportunity arises from a poorly defended throw-in. this is allowed FC Bayern It wouldn't happen in such a situation.
The statement also ignores the perception of the offensive game itself. The two goals described above were the result of two individual actions (35 and 75). Too often this season, great individual moments from Musiala, Tel, Harry Kane or Leroy Sané belie the lack of game idea. Hero football in its purest form. This time even this is not enough.
FC Bayern: Self-inflicted chaos costs Freiburg draw
In particular, Tuchel must be blamed for this. For the second half, the technician installed a chain of three men instead of four. The concept worked. However, in the final third of the match he rebuilt the defense several times, depriving it of the stability he had gained in the meantime.
After just over an hour of play, he swapped the two full-backs and brought on Konrad Laimer and Alphonso Davies for Joshua Kimmich and Raphael Guerreiro (64th). He subsequently reduced all offensive ambitions for the finals with Musiala and replaced an additional central defender in Dayot Upamecano (83'). Leon Goretzka, who had been removed by the three-man chain, stepped forward again. This self-inflicted chaos was reflected in the lack of coordination during the fateful throw-in.
It is true that Tuchel is not having an easy time due to various injuries (Noussair Mazraoui, Sacha Boey, Bouna Sarr) and suspensions (this time Matthijs de Ligt is absent). But he complicates things even more.
Hummels harshly criticizes Tuchel
“If I was really angry, I'd say it looks a little messy,” Hummels said after the game. Already during the game he criticized the coach's lack of body language. “Since his resignation was announced, he has been defiant on the sidelines. He was the only one on the coaching staff who was not happy with the goal. Everyone jumped up, he remained seated; The same thing happened last week. As a player you notice it.”
Hummels felt it was “definitely the right decision” to part ways with Tuchel at the end of the season. After this questionable performance, he continued with the following objection: “The only question is what to do between now and the end of the season.”
He Bundesliga-The title seems out of reach. If Bayern is eliminated from the Champions League on Tuesday against Lazio Roma (first leg 0-1), Tuchel will have nothing left to win in Munich.