The home game against Hoffenheim should bring tailwind for the necessary miracle in the Champions League. But the “sleepy” performance only makes the task “even harder”.

An encourager for a soccer miracle looks different. Thomas Tuchel did not conceal this when he classified FC Bayern Munich’s shocking 1:1 in the Bundesliga against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim with a view to the Champions League second leg against Manchester City. “The task has definitely become harder again,” said the 49-year-old coach, who had hoped for a tailwind.

Tuchel’s reaction was a wake-up call to his team: “We lack the sense that it’s on fire!” The Munich team is currently on the verge of squandering one title after another in a short period of time. On Wednesday (9 p.m./DAZN), they have to make up a 0:3 against Man City at the Allianz Arena to still make it to the semifinals of the top division.

Tuchel spoke on Saturday of the “worst game” under his management. And there have already been two defeats in the five games, one of them in the painful cup exit against SC Freiburg.

The Munich players, including captain Thomas Müller, were also collectively puzzled by the “sleepy” performance, which had once again “put the team into a kind of hibernation” in the middle of spring, as the attacker said in the ARD interview.

Manchester City, on the other hand, tuned up for the trip to Munich in the Premier League with a relaxed 3:1 win over Leicester City and two goals from goalscorer Erling Haaland. Bayern’s star defender Matthijs de Ligt, meanwhile, said that after Munich’s negative performance against Hoffenheim, he was still positive about the necessary fightback on Wednesday: “That it can’t be worse than today. “