Bayern Munich FC manager Thomas Tuchel unfortunately injured his toe whilst giving his team an inspirational pep talk ahead of their 3-1 win the knockouts of the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.
Tuchel is set to leave the Bavarians at the end of the campaign. Ahead of the latest clash, he kicked a box in the dressing room during his speech to the players, as the team looks for a desperate turnaround after trailing to Bayer Leverkusen in the domestic league.
🗣️ Thomas Tuchel says he thinks he broke his toe after giving his pre-match team talk ahead of Bayern's win over Lazio. "It hurts. It's painful. After my last speech before the match I kicked the door. It was the wrong technique. It feels like I broke it!" pic.twitter.com/vCJhw18Hl8
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In fact, before the victory against Lazio, they had won only once in their last five games under the watch of Tuchel.
"The motivational speech before the game cost me my right toe. I was treated on the spot but did not have the courage to take the shoe off because I did not think I would get it back on," Tuchel said.
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Harry Kane and Thomas Mueller got on the scoresheet as Tuchel observed his side make light work of the opposition. "They (players) must have wondered why I was sitting down for the entire 90 minutes," he said, referring to his foot injury.
Thomas Tuchel will undergo scans at Säbener Straße this morning to clarify the exact extent of his toe injury. Tuchel was treated by the team doctors in the dressing room after last night's game. It remains to be seen whether he can lead the training today
Bayern has won the Bundesliga consecutively in the last 11 seasons. The team finds itself in a peculiar position this time around though, trailing Bayer Leverkusen by 10 points and having bowed out of the German Cup already.
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