Maybe too much was expected of Bayern Munich’s end-of-term fireman Thomas Tuchel, who was recently parachuted in following the surprise sacking of previous incumbent Julian Nagelsmann.
Tuchel, one of the best tacticians in world football, had more than enough acumen to help mastermind a 4-2 Bundesliga victory over arch-rivals Dortmund in his first game in charge, a win that many saw as the first step in a new dawn of triumph at the Allianz Arena. So what a shock it was to see Tuchel’s Bayern subsequently implode, dumped out of the German Cup at the quarter-final stage by Freiburg, then succumbing to a
