Ahead of Freiburg vs Bayern Munich, Tuchel's troops are high in confidence

Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – Bayern Munich coach, Thomas Tuchel, stated that his team has high confidence in facing the match against Freiburg in Week 24 of the German League at the Europa-Park Stadium, Saturday (2/3/2024) early morning at 02.30 WIB.

This belief emerged after Bayern managed to beat RB Leipzig 2-1 at the Allianz Arena on Sunday (25/2/2024).

The dramatic win, thanks to Harry Kane's second goal in stoppage time, put Bayern back on track after suffering three straight defeats in all competitions.

Tuchel stated, “This has been a positive week. Winning is always encouraging, especially when achieved in the last minutes. This restores confidence and positivity in our team as a whole.”

Nevertheless, Tuchel emphasized the importance of getting three points against Freiburg as valuable capital legs second round of 16 of the Champions League against Lazio.

“The best preparation for a match is a successful performance. We have to improve it. I am sure we can win against Freiburg, but only if we are fully focused,” explained the coach who once managed Chelsea.

In the upcoming match, Bayern will lose a number of key players such as Matthijs de Ligt who is suspended, Tarek Buchmann due to a muscle injury, as well as Sacha Boey and Noussair Mazraoui due to a hamstring injury.

Apart from that, Kingsley Coman (MCL injury), Bouna Sarr (ACL injury) and Serge Gnabry (still recovering) are also absent. Leroy Sane is also still a doubt. However, Alphonso Davies (recovering from a knee injury) and Dayot Upamecano (after suspension) could feature against Freiburg.