2024-02-16 00:01:01
The situation is difficult for Thomas Tuchel. The Bayern coach is coming under increasing criticism because of his team’s crisis in results. Who supports him now?
But that’s exactly what no longer seems to be a given at Bayern: scoring goals. Already at the weekend in the 3-0 defeat against Bayern Leverkusen, the offensive engine sputtered badly, and they also failed to score in the home game against Werder Bremen three weeks ago. Is Thomas Tuchel and his team in crisis?
“How do you personally approach this phase?”
The moderator Laura Wontorra formulated her question after the CL game on the DAZN microphone as follows: “You are an incredibly successful coach, you have already collected many great titles in your career. Now of course there is a hard phase that follows, which is exhausting because it is still There are a lot of games coming up because it’s crunch time in the Bundesliga, but also in the Champions League: How do you personally approach this phase?”
Tuchel evades, speaks of “we” and his team. “We won’t deviate from our path and won’t blame each other,” said the FCB coach. The question was more about him as a person, about his personal approach – and perhaps even about what helps him away from the football field to switch off and clear his head in a difficult phase.
Unfortunately, my personal family situation has now changed a bit.
Thomas Tuchel
The 50-year-old could have given insight into his emotional world, but he preferred to remain silent. Thomas Tuchel is considered a family man. Friends once described him as “a tidy family man who takes time to listen.” In 2009 he married his partner Sissi and with her he has two daughters, Emma and Kim. Five years later, he took some time off to spend time with his wife and children.
But the relationship failed. After 13 years of marriage, Thomas Tuchel and his wife divorced in 2022. “We always had to build a new home and did that every time. We always traveled with the whole family. Now, unfortunately, my personal family situation has changed a bit due to my divorce,” Tuchel admitted at the end of 2023 during an appearance at a Munich event Sports fair insight into his emotional world.
According to consistent media reports, Tuchel is said to be in a relationship again after the separation. The new woman at his side is Natalie Guerriero Max. An entrepreneur who is 14 years younger than Tuchel and also brings two children into the relationship. The couple is said to have met in London, where the Brazilian-born woman is said to have lived, according to British tabloids. It is not known whether she now lives with Tuchel – who lived in Munich again months before his Bayern contract.
“I’m discovering all this now with my new private situation”
It would certainly be an emotional support for Thomas Tuchel to have his partner by his side in this difficult phase of his career. But another aspect of his private life has also offered him refuge since his move to FC Bayern. Tuchel lives closer to his Bavarian-Swabian hometown of Krumbach again. His parents and grandmother still live there.
The 50-year-old said at the Munich sports fair at the end of 2023 that he has been at home “a lot more often lately.” “When I open the door to the house where my parents still live, I’m just the son coming home comes, and that’s very nice. I’m discovering all of this now with my new private situation.” A familiar environment, security within the family: all of this could support Thomas Tuchel in what may be the most difficult time for him at FC Bayern Munich.