Pressure is building on Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann.
And it shows.
The German soccer federation has opened a case against Julian Nagelsmann for his outburst toward referee Tobias Welz and his match officials following Bayern바카라s 3-2 loss at Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday.
Nagelsmann tried talking to the referee immediately after the game, then rushed past journalists in the mixed zone to go to the officials바카라 dressing room.
바카라Is he messing me around or what?바카라 Julian Nagelsmann reportedly roared on his way, before he knocked on the officials바카라 door.
Kicker magazine reported Nagelsmann spent about a minute in the changing room, then emerged just as angry when he came out.
바카라My god, my god, a soft-rinsed pack!바카라 Nagelsmann said.
Julian Nagelsmann later apologized for his 바카라choice of words,바카라 but it hasn바카라t stopped the federation from looking into potential unsporting behavior. It said Sunday it had asked the Bayern coach for a statement and that it will decide what action to take after it has been evaluated.
Nagelsmann was furious among other things over central defender Dayot Upamecano바카라s early red card 바카라 a decision that left his team with a player less from the eighth minute.
Welz sent off Upamecano for a light touch on Alassane Plea바카라s shoulder as the French forward was rushing through on goal. There was only minimal contact, but it was still enough to put Plea off.
바카라The Gladbach player gets himself in front of the Bayern player just in front of the penalty area, gets the contact and thus loses his balance, although he still tries to keep running,바카라 Welz said Sunday. 바카라The striker wants to score the goal. He바카라s going on his own toward the goalkeeper. Why would he throw himself down?바카라
Julian Nagelsmann saw it differently.
바카라It바카라s simply not a red,바카라 he said after the match.
Julian Nagelsmann is also under scrutiny for taking off team captain Thomas Müller to compensate for the loss of Upamecano, rather than the out of sorts Serge Gnabry or inexperienced Ryan Gravenberch among others.
Müller has been supportive of injured team captain Manuel Neuer, who is upset with Nagelsmann over the club바카라s decision to fire his friend and goalkeeping coach Toni Tapalović on Jan. 23.
Nagelsmann said it was a 바카라crappy decision바카라 to take Müller off but he had no other choice. The 33-year-old Müller is Bayern바카라s most experienced player and was making his 429th Bundesliga appearance to match Oliver Kahn for second-most at the club. Only goalkeeping great Sepp Maier, with 473, has more.
The Bavarian coach has seen his team squander a four-point lead since the Bundesliga resumed after the winter break. Bayern drew its first three league games upon its return.
Saturday바카라s loss stretched Bayern Munich바카라s winless run against Gladbach to five games across all competitions including the 5-0 rout Gladbach inflicted in their German Cup meeting last season. The 35-year-old Nagelsmann has never seen his team beat Gladbach since he became Bayern coach.
Borussia Dortmund and Union Berlin are now both level on points with Bayern, which still leads the Bundesliga because of its superior goal difference.
Bayern next hosts Union in Munich on Sunday. In contrast to Bayern, Union is under no pressure going into the game having already exceeded all expectations and reached its season target of 40 points for league survival.
Unbeaten so far in 2023, Union missed the chance to take over the lead on Sunday by drawing with last-place Schalke 0-0.
Union coach Urs Fischer said he could live with the missed opportunity 바카라quite well.바카라
Union Berlin, promoted in 2019 and enjoying its best-ever season, doesn바카라t need to be first. Bayern does. All the pressure is on Nagelsmann.
