First choice as a replacement for Musiala: Thomas Müller (left) also cheered in Augsburg.
Photo: Imago/Mis
Even a black and white photo of 1975 with the Henkelpott, you tried to make FC Bayern on your website. One of several couragemakers is said to be the picture on which the then Munich team with Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller and Sepp Maier can be seen after winning the European Cup of the national champions. At that time, FC Bayern had broken two top performers, although only during the first half of the final against Leeds United. But even without the injured Björn Andersson and Uli Hoeneß, a 2-0 victory and thus the title defense and the overall second win of the most important trophy in club football for Munich were achieved after 1974.
The cross comparison at the ancient times is due to because the current Munich team has to do without four top performers in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League this Tuesday-right from the start. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, central defender Dayot Upamecano, left -back Alphonso Davies and offensive artist Jamal Musiala failed. The failures of Hiroki Ito and Kingsley Coman are added to this fracture of axis. Aleksandar Pavlovic was back in training, and nothing seems to stand in the way of an assignment of Harry Kane and Leon Goretzka, which was also struck recently.
Nevertheless, before the first comparison with the Italian champion, the personnel position is tricky for Vincent Kompany. However, complaints, the trainer thinks nothing. Because of the prospect of winning the championship and the final in Europe’s elite league on May 31 in his own arena, he says: “In the next six games in the Bundesliga and the Champions League, we just want to take our chance.” And Thomas Müller promises: “I will give everything for that.” The only question is: may he now also in a leading role?
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The focus is particularly on Thomas Müller and thus the question of whether he can now get over from the start as a obvious alternative to Musiala in the offensive midfield behind striker Kane from the start after his farewell has just been announced in summer. In the past, Kompany had mostly opted for the 35 -year -old veteran if Musiala was not available. As with the 3-1 Bundesliga victory in Augsburg on Friday, when he changed Müller after Musiala suffered a muscle bundle tear in the left thigh and should probably be out until mid-May.
Whether Müller will also appear instead of Musiala from the beginning against Inter with the former Bundesliga professionals Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Hakan çalhanoğlu, Marcus Thuram and Marko Arnautović as well as the new German international Yann Bisseck and the former Bayern professional Yann Sommer and Benjamin Pavard? Müller will now “play an important role,” believes Kane. Experts such as Lothar Matthäus and Stefan Effenberg also clearly speak out for Müller. But other variants are also conceivable, including an offensive three series with Michael Olise, Leroy Sané and Serge Gnabry behind Kane.
In defense, Kompany has to improvise even more. Min-Jae Kim and Eric dier can be expected in central defense due to the lack of alternatives and Josip Stanišić at the back left. The actual right -back had already carried out the role on the opposite side in Augsburg. In the goal, Neuer is represented by Jonas Urbig. The next big test is also imminent for the 21-year-old. He had mastered his two missions in the round of 16 against Leverkusen.