Tuchel will take over as coach at Bayern Munich after the Bavarian team unexpectedly sacked Julian Nagelsmann. Bayern will be Tuchel’s first club since he was sacked by Chelsea last September.
The decision to leave Tuchel is still criticized by a large part of Chelsea fans, who have expressed their heartache to see the coach who led the Blues to a second Champions League title in history. .
But with the possibility that Chelsea and Bayern could meet in the Champions League, many Blues fans are fearing an awkward reunion is imminent.
Chelsea will face Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of Europe’s most prestigious tournament. Meanwhile, Tuchel’s first Champions League game as Bayern manager was against Pep Guardiola’s Man City.
If Graham Potter can beat Real Madrid and the Bundesliga champions beat Man City, then Chelsea and Bayern Munich will meet in the semi-finals. It can be said that this is a very stressful prospect for many Blues fans.
“No, if Bayern had Tuchel and we met in the Champions League semi-final, it would cause a civil war in the Chelsea fan community,” said one Blues fan.
“Imagine us somehow beating Madrid and then facing Bayern under Tuchel in the semi-finals. Chelsea fans’ mood will be in hell,” another added.
“Tuchel came back from the dead to knock us out of the semi-finals,” one fan said. While another fan added: “It would be a scary scenario.”
A very skeptical Chelsea fan also wondered if there was a large part of fans who wanted Tuchel to win. “I have a feeling some Chelsea fans will support Bayern,” this person commented.
