winter break
FC Bayern with 4: 4 in the test 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 had 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 around 2,000 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.
FCB without de Ligt, Goretzka, Choupo-Moting and Neuer
A day after returning from the training camp in Qatar, coach Julian Nagelsmann sent a selection onto the pitch 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 Gladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer (34). Before the test, Nagelsmann pointed out the “duty” to get another goalkeeper.
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.
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. He is to replace Lucas Hernández, who has been out for months after a cruciate ligament tear at the World Cup.
Whether Sommer will close the gap from Neuer is an open question. According to “Bild”, a summer change is “more and more likely”. According to his own statements, Alexander Nübel, who was loaned to AS Monaco by Munich, has not had any talks with Munich and wants to concentrate on his current club.