Luis Diaz He reaches the middle of the season with a notable performance that increases his influence at Bayern Munich. His signing went from expectation to reality. Lucho is key in coach Vincent Kompany’s offensive scheme and the trident with Michael Olise and Harry Kane increasingly complements each other and is filled with goals and assists.
It is that performance that keeps Bayern Munich totally inspired on the three fronts they currently have. Still in the first places in the Champions League and dominates the Bundesliga in first place. As if that were not enough, they are already in the quarterfinals of the German Cup. Lucho and Kompany point to the trident, so that it joins the German Super Cup that they already raised last August.
Kompany’s decision that divides opinions: Reward or punishment?
At a press conference, The Bayern Munich coach said that Luis Díaz will have a few days of rest, taking advantage of the sanctions that fell and the intense continuity that it has had, not only during the semester, but throughout the year, including the end of the season with Liverpool and the qualifying and friendly commitments with the Colombian National Team.

The days that he decided for Luis Díaz would be a mental and physical incentive for the year he has faced and what 2026 will be like with the World Cup on board and titles with Bayern Munich. He will return to the Champions League until mid-January and, according to the German press, he would be back in the Bundesliga on the 11th of the same month in the duel against Wolfsburg at the Allianz Arena.

Punishment for sanctions or reward for good performance? The truth is that Kompany is taking advantage of the situation to give the player a new lease of life and a break to share with his family, taking into account the intense end of the season that Bayern will have before the 2026 World Cup.