Manuel Neuer is out. FC Bayern will have to do without the injured national goalkeeper on Saturday against Borussia Dortmund. What about Harry Kane?
Without national goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, FC Bayern has to play the top game in the Bundesliga on Saturday (6.30 p.m./Sky) against Borussia Dortmund. “Manu is out,” said coach Thomas Tuchel on Friday. “It just didn’t work, the injury is too painful, it’s too big. We hope that a week will be enough for him to be in goal again against Heidenheim.”
Neuer tore a muscle fiber in his adductor area with the national team and recently only trained individually with the Munich team. Reliable substitute Sven Ulreich will replace Neuer in goal.
After the early departure of England’s national team, Harry Kane will be there in the classic against BVB. “Harry trained fully yesterday,” reported Tuchel. So “everything is fine, he’s playing.” Star striker Kane suffered an ankle injury before the international break and missed the games with the Three Lions.
Pavlovic, Guerreiro and Boey are also missing
In addition to Neuer, Tuchel also has to do without midfield youngster Aleksandar Pavlovic after tonsillitis, defender Raphael Guerreiro after a forced break due to a torn muscle fiber and also full-back Sacha Boey (torn muscle bundle).
In Kingsley Coman, Tuchel gets a fresh alternative on the offensive. “Kingsley is a huge factor,” said the Bayern coach about the Frenchman’s return to the squad. Coman suffered a torn medial ligament in his left knee in the game against FC Augsburg at the end of January and has been out since then.
The game against his former club Dortmund is very important for Tuchel. “We can win a classic,” said the Bayern coach and expected an “emotional, important, charged game.”
Source: Stern
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