Surprising pee break
Bayern star Pavard disappears into the toilet during the game – and confuses everyone with it
Benjamin Pavard from FC Bayern Munich caused a surprise element with his sudden pee break during the game against VfL Wolfsburg
© Ulrich Wagner // Picture Alliance
Strange scene in the middle of the game between Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg: Benjamin Pavard runs off the field – without his teammates, coach and referees first knowing where to go. Afterwards it turned out: The Bayern star had an urgent need.
Bayern professional Benjamin Pavard caused a curious scene in the Munich home win against VfL Wolfsburg. The 83rd minute of the game was running in the Allianz Arena on Friday evening when the French soccer world champion suddenly ran towards the catacombs after a pass on the sidelines and disappeared for a short time.
The rather perplexed coach Julian Nagelsmann had to reschedule at short notice. He actually wanted to replace Jamal Musiala. But as Pavard simply stormed off the pitch, the coach swapped the defender without further ado – and Musiala was finally able to prepare the goal for Robert Lewandowski’s 4-0 final score (88th minute).
Bayern coach Nagelsmann explains Pavard’s pee break
Nagelsmann later cleared up the confusion surrounding Pavard at the press conference: “We wanted to change. Then Benji came out and said in French that he had to go to the bathroom. I understood that with my modest school-French. Then he still met times decided to play for 15 seconds. He played three or four more passes. And when the ball was on the other side, it disappeared into the catacombs. “
The fourth official did not then immediately realize that Bayern did not want to replace Musiala, but Pavard. “I then took a quick look again to see if he was coming,” Nagelsmann remarked to Klogänger Pavard: “But he didn’t. That’s why we made the change differently. But that worked out quite well.” Thanks to Musiala, Lewandowski was able to score his 43rd goal in 2021 – Bundesliga record.