“We want to do better than in the league,” said ÖFB team player Marcel Sabitzer. “You know that there are a lot of long balls coming in Augsburg, so you have to counteract that physically.” Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is currently unable to do this: due to a shoulder bruise, the captain is again represented by Sven Ulreich today. “Manu is still in pain,” said coach Julian Nagelsmann. “Any game that’s too early throws him back. We won’t take any chances.”
Thomas Müller, on the other hand, is back. After a back injury, however, the veteran will not be in the starting XI. In this Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting secured a Leiberl in the 5-0 win over Freiburg. Nagelsmann attested to the 33-year-old centre-forward as “a world-class performance”.
Source: Nachrichten
