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New Bayern coach Tuchel must hit the ground running in Der Klassiker

BERLIN : New Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel needs a successful start after joining the German champions last week with his former team, Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund, in town for Der Klassiker on Saturday.

With the match being broadcast to 200 territories globally, all eyes will be on the former Paris St Germain and Chelsea coach who took over after Julian Nagelsmann's shock sacking days after Bayern's 2-1 loss at Bayer Leverkusen on March 19.

Known for his tactical abilities and versatile game plans, the 49-year-old Tuchel is not expected to make too many changes to Nagelsmann's team with a lot at stake on Saturday.

Dortmund are top on 53 points, one ahead of Bayern after 25 games, in what looks like a two-horse race for the title, with nine rounds of matches left. Union Berlin are third on 48.

"This is not the time for major changes in the system or tactics of Bayern," Tuchel said on arriving in the international break, knowing he would have just a handful of training sessions with the entire squad before facing in-form Dortmund.

"Now less is more. I have ideas but we will have to wait. Feedback from players is part of it," he said.

Tuchel, who won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2021, left Dortmund on bad terms after two seasons only days after winning the German Cup in 2017, having failed to break Bayern's stranglehold on the league.

He now has the task of stretching that winning run for Bayern by making it a record-extending 11 straight league crowns, and a win over Dortmund is key at this stage.

Defeat at home in his opening match for Bayern would add considerable fuel to the fans' discontent following their surprise over the departure of Nagelsmann.

Some Bayern players have also expressed shock over the

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