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A Bayern star is still out!
Five good news before the league cracker against Freiburg – but a very important Bayern star is still missing!
Manuel Neuer (36) is also not available to the record champions on Sunday evening (7.30 p.m. / DAZN and live ticker on BILD.de). The captain and regular keeper is still in too much pain after bruising his shoulder joint.
Julian Nagelsmann (35) on Saturday morning before the secret final training session: “Manu won’t be able to play. Unfortunately, it’s not enough for Freiburg. Aggravating! But it is like that.”
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The coach explains the Neuer injury: “He still has problems in his shoulder. Without treating it with painkillers, he can’t move his shoulder enough to allow play. There’s no point in always pumping him full so he can play. It doesn’t get any better than that. So he won’t be able to play yet. I hope to be back in Augsburg next week.”
For the healing up to the 2nd round in the DFB Cup at FCA (Wednesday, 8.45 p.m. / ZDF and Sky), Neuer is in the performance center every day for treatment. But he can’t train yet.
Manuel Neuer is currently unable to train – Sven Ulreich (right) is back in the Bayern goal for him
Against second-placed Freiburg, fourth-placed Bayern have to rely on Sven Ulreich (34) in the box again! Nagelsmann: “Ulle did well against Pilsen and will be back in goal.”
In addition to Neuer, the Munich team is also missing Kingsley Coman (26/yellow-red suspension), Lucas Hernández (26/running training after a muscle bundle tear in the left adductors) and Bouna Sarr (30/knee surgery).
But five rehab stars are back in the squad against Freiburg!
Very important: Thomas Müller (33) had to go down after 25 minutes in the 4:2 in Pilsen. His back problems are gone. The original Bavarian can wear Neuer’s captain’s armband on Sunday. Nagelsmann: “He didn’t have any problems on Friday. He was only running there, but could have trained as well. But we took it out for an extra day so that the structure could recover. He no longer has any problems walking and the treatment has been good. He is now available as normal and can play.”
Both in a good mood: Thomas Müller hit it off with Julian Nagelsmann on Friday before his running session
Also fit: Alphonso Davies (21 / bruised skull after Bellingham kicked 2-2 at BVB). The coach: “Phonzy has been symptom-free for the last few days. He has no more problems. He can play.”
And two more stars could slip straight back into the starting eleven after they had to be replaced injured in Dortmund: Matthijs de Ligt (23/problems in the left adductors) and Serge Gnabry (27/capsular injury after a knee contusion).
Very important for defense: Matthijs de Ligt (left) – very important for attack: Serge Gnabry
Nagelsmann: “It’s also the case with Matthijs that things looked good. We still have to wait for the final training session, but after the individual training session on Friday I’m confident that he can play. It’s similar with Serge. We also have to see how the knee reacts. But on Friday he was also free of problems in rotation, in passes, crosses, long balls and goal completions.”
Jamal Musiala (19) is back after his corona quarantine. However, the national player is not yet a starting eleven option after five days of domestic isolation and the subsequent examinations by the team doctor (including blood, heart, lungs).
Nagelsmann: “Jamal had the examinations quite normally. I haven’t heard anything negative about that. They were all inconspicuous, he will train normally. But like the others, he will have to come off the bench after five days without a charge. But he can train, he has no symptoms, not even a cold and the tests were all good.
A star gets a guarantee before the Freiburg game alongside Joshua Kimmich (27): Leon Goretzka (27), who prepared a goal in Pilsen and scored two! The coach explained on Saturday: “The one who trains best plays. And he trained well and played well. So he will play tomorrow.”
