Coach Tuchel blamed the player after the shock in the German Cup
"You can't dance like that in the box these days," Tuchel said of Musiala's mistake after the match at the Allianz Arena. "You can't do that. If you don't, you're taking a crazy risk."
In the third minute of stoppage time, Musiala jumped up in the Bayern box to stop Nicolas Hofler's high shot. As a result, he touched the ball with both hands, resulting in a penalty for Freiburg. After that, it was Holer who successfully made the 11m kick, setting a 2-1 victory for the away team.
This match Bayern opened the scoring in the 19th minute, thanks to a header from Dayot Upamecano. However, just eight minutes later Freiburg equalized with a volley from about 23 yards from Hofler. After the late goal, Bayern put up but could not equalize, including two broken headers in the last minute. "You have to be more stable and stronger," insisted the German coach. "Two headers, one for the first, for the second and for the third. That was too much in the box at the last minute."
This reverse defeat forced Bayern to leave the German Cup before the semi-finals for the third consecutive season. Two seasons ago, they stopped in the second round. Meanwhile, Freiburg continues its journey to find tickets to the finals for the second time in a row. In the final last season, coach Christian Streich's team lost 2-4 to Leipzig in a penalty shootout.
This is only Tuchel's second game in charge of Bayern. In his first match in the Bundesliga, he beat his old team Dortmund 4-2. The Bavarian team is leading the Bundesliga with 55 points after 26 rounds, two points ahead of Dortmund.
On April 11 and 19, Bayern will play two Champions League quarter-final matches against Man City. Due to being eliminated from the German Cup, the Allianz Arena team no longer has the opportunity to treble like the 2012-2013 and 2019-2020 seasons.
Tuchel won the German Cup 2016-2017 when he was at Dortmund. During his two years at Chelsea, the German coach won another Champions League, a European Super Cup and a FIFA Club World Cup. He had to leave Chelsea in September 2022, due to disagreements with new owner Todd Boehly over how to build the team.
Bayern appointed Tuchel immediately after sacking former coach Julian Nagelsmann on March 24. According to the media, Nagelsmann lost his job because of erratic form from the beginning of 2023 and disagreements in the dressing room. However, Bayern won the first eight matches of the Champions League 2022-2023 season.
