Bayern entered Tuesday night’s matchup with Real Madrid knowing that this semifinal matchup was the only thing left they had to play for this season and ended up coming out of the first leg with an ok result but feeling like they could have had more. Thomas Tuchel made a few changes to the lineup starting Manuel Neuer in goal with Joshua Kimmich, Kim MinJae, Eric Dier and Noussair Mazroui in defense. Konrad Laimer and Leon Goretzka formed the double pivot with Leroy Sané, Thomas Müller and Jamal Musiala playing just behind Harry Kane in the attack. Bayern came out of the gate playing well and ..read more

Based on both teams recent performances and the approach Tuchel and Ancelotti have used in the Champions League, we can have an idea on how both teams will try to outsmart each other. Ancelotti’s Power of friendship tactics (which are much more than that) and Tuchel’s transition oriented tactics are effectively the antidote to each other. This article written by Pepe Salazar Madrid is comfortable not having the ball and sitting deep, by doing that, they will reduce Bayern’s chances to catch them on the break. On the other hand, Bayern is also comfortable with or without the ball, so ..read more

Missing a whole bunch of injured players and resting a few others, Bayern hosted Eintracht Frankfurt in Munich for the first time since the humbling 5-1 in the first half of the season winning 2-1. This article written by Rainer Pompermayer Tuchel, keeping a close eye on the injury list and the match against Real Madrid on Tuesday, sent out a starting eleven with some different options with Neuer in goal, Kimmich, de Ligt, Dier and Mazroui at the back, Goretzka and Laimer in midfield, and Müller, Guerreiro, Choupo-Moting and Kane up front.  The match started well, with Bayern controlling ..read more

Nearly two months after announcing the departure of Thomas Tuchel at the end of the current season, Bayern still hasn’t appointed his successor. Meanwhile, both Xabi Alonso and Julian Nagelsmann, the top two candidates for the Bayern position, confirmed that they will be staying put at Leverkusen and the German national team respectively. This article written by Lok San Wong Max Eberl recently expressed the club’s desire for clarity and for a decision to be made as soon as possible, potentially by the end of April. Whether a decision can realistically be finalized by then is anyone’s guess. In ..read more

After Bayern’s progression in the Champions League midweek, Bayern entered Saturday afternoon against Union Berlin with a bit of confidence but also with a lot of injuries. With the only meaningful matches remaining for Bayern in mind, Thomas Tuchel made several changes, to the lineup to give some players some rest and also out of necessity. Manuel Neuer started in goal with Joshua Kimmich, Eric Dier, Kim MinJae and Alphonso Davies in defense. Leon Goretzka and Aleksander Pavlović started in midfield as Thomas Müller, Mathys Tel and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting started in attack behind Harry Kane ..read more

Bayern headed into Saturday’s match off the back of their draw in London Tuesday and one eye on their big match on Wednesday in the Champions League. With that in mind, they made seven changes to the squad with Sven Ulreich starting in place of Neuer (precautionary), Joshua Kimmich, Eric Dier, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui in the back, Raphaël Guerreiro and Aleksandar Pavlović in midfield while Kingsley Coman, Thomas Müller and Mathys Tel played behind Harry Kane in attack. Three Things We Noticed Unconvincing This is perhaps the theme of Bayern’s season but once again they were far f ..read more

Heading into the business end of the season, Bayern have rarely looked in poorer form in recent memory. After a run of games that could have been seen as an encouraging rebound, we quickly found out that it wasn’t. In a mostly tasteless Klassiker, Bayern lost to Dortmund at home for the first time in 10 years. A week later, Bayern were expected to show a response against Heidenheim to build some momentum ahead of the Champions League clash against Arsenal. Instead, not for the first time this season, they crumbled far too easily and ended up throwing away a two goal-lead.  This article wr ..read more

Heading into Tuesday evenings match, Arsenal were the clear favorite and their record at the Premier League was rather intimidating, nullifying City at the Etihad and overcoming Liverpool at the Emirates. Bayern, on the other hand, came from a series of embarrassing results that questioned not only the manager but the quality of the players. This article written by Pepe Salazar The expectation was that Bayern was going to focus on defending, after all, before the match they were the “underdog”, and Tuchel’s biggest successes made use of counter-attacking tactics. For this match, given previous ..read more

On Tuesday Bayern will play Arsenal. The Gunners are by far the favorites, and the consensus is that they will make it to the semi-finals. Bayern is the “underdog”, so, if there’s any hope at all, which tactics could be used to stop Arsenal? This article written by Pepe Salazar Porto Porto showed the world that this Arsenal team struggles immensely against a well positioned, compact mid block, and for 210 minutes that approach worked. Arsenal was not able to beat them within regulation or even extra time. Porto didn’t press much, and they didn’t drop deep because they didn’t want to invite Ars ..read more

Bayern came into Saturday’s visit to Heidenheim on the back of another disappointing loss against Dortmund the week before. Tuchel made some changes to the lineup, possibly due to the previous match or possibly due to the coming match on Tuesday in London. Sven Ulreich again started in goal with Joshua Kimmich, Dayot Upamecano, Kim MinJae and Alphonso Davies in defense. Konrad Laimer and Leon Goretzka started on the sixes while Thomas Müller, Jamal Musiala and Serge Gnabry played behind Harry Kane up top. Three Things We Noticed Good Start Turns Sour Bayern started off the match extremely well ..read more