Tuchel tested as Gaza conflict affects Bayern dressing room

Bayern Munich defender Noussair Mazraoui shared pro-Palestine posts but has an Israeli team-mate Daniel Peretz

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00:00 "Of course I spoke to Nus, because I'm his coach and he's my player.

00:05 We spoke of course, but I don't want to go into the details.

00:10 We spoke to Daniel Perez, not just about the post, but in general very early,

00:17 because he is the most directly affected by all of us.

00:21 His family is in Israel, his friends, his family members.

00:25 It is our duty to talk to him and clarify how he is doing.

00:32 Whether football is possible for him, whether it gives him a distraction,

00:38 whether he is somewhere else with his head.

00:42 And then how do the two of them deal with each other?

00:45 I would like to answer a little more generally.

00:49 I have been told that in my experience, and there sport comes

00:54 despite all the global importance of this topic,

00:59 that a cabin, completely independent of religious beliefs,

01:05 of cultural differences, etc.

01:08 always, even I experienced, is always a place where you work peacefully,

01:12 friendly, camaraderie towards a common goal.

01:17 And that is actually always beautiful and wonderful to observe,

01:22 how that can work in a small microcosm of a cabin.