FC Bayern Munich Four injured professionals
Tuchel announces bad news before the top game against Dortmund
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FC Bayern will have to do without four players against Dortmund
FC Bayern will have to do without Manuel Neuer in the top game against Borussia Dortmund. Harry Kane, on the other hand, is fit again in time for the summit. In addition to Neuer, Thomas Tuchel announced three more injury-related absences for the game against BVB.
Thomas Tuchel has injury concerns again. The FC Bayern coach has to do without four players in the Bundesliga’s top game against Borussia Dortmund. One personality in particular hits the people of Munich hard.
Thomas Tuchel was in a good mood on Good Friday. The coach was a little too warm in the media room at FC Bayern’s headquarters on Säbener Strasse during the press conference, but that didn’t change his anticipation of the Bundesliga’s top game against Borussia Dortmund on Easter Saturday (6.30 p.m., Sky). Even bitter news from the medical department did not diminish his confidence.
Unlike usual, the two clubs are not directly competing for the championship title in the duel. For the first time in 14 years, neither club is top of the league table before the meeting. Bayer Leverkusen is ten points ahead of second place Munich, Dortmund is ten points behind Bayern and is only fourth.
“The table situation is what it is,” said Tuchel at the press conference before the game. “But we can win the classic. It’s an emotional game, a very important game in the Bundesliga with great rivalry and history. That’s why there are no differences.” By the time you arrive at the stadium, it will feel like it usually does before the duels with BVB.
“It will be an open exchange of blows”
The game is overshadowed by Xabi Alonso’s decision not to move to FC Bayern after the season, where Tuchel will then leave. The Spanish coach will stay at Bayer Leverkusen, as he announced on Friday. Tuchel did not want to comment in more detail. “I will definitely not be involved in the successor question,” said the coach. “It’s Xabi’s decision. I don’t think it makes sense for me to comment on them.”
Tuchel expects an “emotional, important, charged game” against his former club, an opponent “who wants to win and continue their series. Dortmund are strong offensively, have a lot of speed and are very flexible in their attacking game. They want to have the ball. It will be an open game, an open exchange of blows.” Tuchel also said: “We are very confident in ourselves. We are having a good run and a good atmosphere. We were very strong offensively in the last few games. If we show the necessary grit and unity, we have every chance of winning. We really want to win.”
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The 50-year-old has to do without Manuel Neuer. “Manu is out,” confirmed Tuchel. “It just didn’t work, the injury is too painful, it’s too big. We hope that one week will be enough for him to be in goal again against Heidenheim.” Neuer tore a muscle fiber in his adductor area while playing for the national team at the beginning of last week and recently only trained individually in Munich. Substitute Sven Ulreich will play for him in goal.
There is good news for Tuchel on the offensive: After the early departure of England’s national team, Harry Kane will be there against BVB. “Harry trained fully yesterday,” said the coach on Friday afternoon. So “everything is fine, he’s playing.” Star striker Kane suffered an ankle injury before the international break and missed the games with the “Three Lions”.
In addition to Neuer, Tuchel also has to do without midfield shooting star Aleksandar Pavlovic after tonsillitis, defender Raphaël Guerreiro after a forced break due to a torn muscle fiber and also full-back Sacha Boey (torn muscle bundle).
Kingsley Coman back in the Bayern squad
In Kingsley Coman, the coach gets an alternative for the offensive. “Kingsley is a huge factor,” said Tuchel about the Frenchman’s return to his squad. Coman suffered a torn medial ligament in his left knee in the game against FC Augsburg at the end of January and has been out since then.
Offensive star Serge Gnabry is also there again. “He was one of the best in preparation and we were missing almost the entire season,” said Tuchel. “They are both super important for us, have speed, a goal threat and an incredible sense of duty when defending. The selection at the front is getting bigger and the competition will hopefully bring even more quality. They both train very well, the quality is beyond question.”
