Two days before the reception of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich is worried because of the physical problems of some of its players.
The “real” European Clasico in the Champions League is fast approaching and the first round will be played at the Allianz Arena, the stadium where Real Madrid won for the first time in its history in 2014, the year of La Décima. Times have changed a lot, both teams, but the dynamic is very different on the eve of this clash.
On the Madrid side, everything is going well with a La Liga title virtually already acquired and a Spanish Super Cup in the bag. The health of the squad is also at its best since only David Alaba is officially injured. Thibaut Courtois is also in the recovery phase but still too tight for this meeting and then Andriy Lunin has the confidence of everyone. The only real thorn in Carlo Ancelotti’s side is this suspension of Carvajal for the first leg.
Courtois, Alaba and Carvajal are called up for the trip to Munich, despite their respective injuries and suspensions.
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April 28, 2024
The atmosphere is completely different in Bavaria. First, the loss of national titles to Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen created a tense atmosphere internally and we already know that Thomas Tuchel will not coach Bayern Munich beyond this season. There is even talk of Zinédine Zidane as a potential replacement but nothing has been done in this direction.
And then the small, big problems arrive a few hours before the decisive match against Real Madrid since three of Tuchel’s starting players are uncertain for this match at the Allianz Arena. Indeed, the first concern concerns the nugget Musiala who continues to be “preserved” by Bayern Munich in anticipation of this match. A priori, he will be back on Tuesday like Gnabry who “will play and score” on Tuesday according to Tuchel.
Then all the alarms are ringing following injuries to De Light and Laimer this weekend. “De Light has a doubler in the internet knee ligament and Laimer twisted his ankle, he has an ankle injury. Both felt such pain that they could not continue playing. Now we have to wait to see what the exams say,” explained the German technician on the sidelines of the match against Eintracht Frankfurt.
What is certain is that none of these players trained on Sunday and Monday will be decisive. Also, the infirmary has other members who are sidelined for at least the first leg: Upamecano, Bouna Sarr, Sacha Boey, Coman and Sané.
2024-04-28 21:19:39
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