Test matches: A week before the Leipzig duel: Bayern 4: 4 against Salzburg

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A week before the Leipzig duel: Bayern 4: 4 against Salzburg

The Bavarians around Jamal Musiala (r) separated from Red Bull Salzburg with 4:4. photo

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A week before the league duel in Leipzig, FC Bayern is playing a high-scoring test match against RB Salzburg. Munich’s only winter test ended 4:4. Is there movement in the goalkeeper question?

When new signing Daley Blind made his debut, FC Bayern Munich delivered a high-scoring winter test with Red Bull Salzburg.

A week before the tricky away game against RB Leipzig, Munich drew 4: 4 (1: 1) from the Austrian champions in the dress rehearsal and prevented at least one defeat after being down 1: 3. In front of more than 2000 spectators at the FC Bayern campus, Leroy Sané (9th minute), Arijon Ibrahimovic (69th), Kingsley Coman (71st) and Mathys Tel (88th) scored the goals for the German record champion, who had to do without numerous stars . Sékou Koïta (17′), Karim Konaté (50′) and Noah Okafor (54’/89′) scored for the visitors.

“A friendly after the training camp is always a bit thankless,” said coach Julian Nagelsmann. “We had a lot of energy in the last 30 minutes, more than the 45 before that.”

FCB without de Ligt, Goretzka, Choupo-Moting and Neuer

A day after returning from the training camp in Qatar, Nagelsmann sent out a selection that will largely be the starting lineup in Leipzig. Matthijs de Ligt (ankle problems), Leon Goretzka (stress control) and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (illness), who were injured in the test, should be options again, unlike the many long-term injuries around captain Manuel Neuer (broken leg).

The Munich team is still trying hard to get a new assignment. New movement is said to have come into the tough poker around Mönchengladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer (34). Before the test, Nagelsmann pointed out the “duty” to bring in a goalkeeper – and he did so after the final whistle.

Johannes Schenk gets minutes

Against Salzburg, Sven Ulreich, who was cheered by the fans with chants (“Ulle for Germany”), was not to blame for the goals conceded, unlike his defensive line. In the last half hour, Johannes Schenk was allowed between the posts on his 20th birthday with a score of 1:3. Overall, Nagelsmann also saw some defensive vulnerabilities despite the superior performance of his stars in the improvised back four. Attacking, Sané was not only an asset in the team around captain Thomas Müller because of his opening goal.

“From the course of the game in the first half, we had imagined the result to be different,” said Müller. “But that’s nothing new after a strenuous training camp. We’ve experienced that many times in the past. I think we’ve really earned the two days off.”

Nagelsmann praises Blind

After the half-time break, when the Dutch World Cup participant Blind was on the pitch for the first time in a game with his new teammates after a major change, Salzburg used their chances better – before Bayern turned up the heat again. The former Ajax professional and most recently clubless blind was initially committed for six months. Blind (32) is to replace Lucas Hernández, who has been out for months after a cruciate ligament tear at the World Cup.

“It’s been a tough week,” said the Dutchman. It was good to have been there at the training camp. “He played well,” said Nagelsmann. “You could see that he was experienced.”

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