Pressure building on Bayern coach Nagelsmann after outburst

Pressure is building on Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann. And it shows.

The German soccer federation has opened a case against Nagelsmann for his outburst toward referee Tobias Welz and his match officials following Bayern’s 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 officials’ dressing room.

“Is he messing me around or what?” Nagelsmann reportedly roared on his way, before he knocked on the officials’ door.

Kicker magazine reported Nagelsmann spent about a minute in the changing room, then emerged just as angry when he came out.

“My god, my god, a soft-rinsed pack!” Nagelsmann said.

Nagelsmann later apologized for his “choice of words,” but it hasn’t stopped the federation from looking into potential unsporting behavior. It said Sunday it had asked the Bayern coach for a statement and that it