Bayern Munich also know how to hide their game. The same who had laughed yellow a few weeks ago, before moving to the Parc des Princes for their round of 16 first leg of the Champions League against PSG (0-1), at the time where Kylian Mbappé was uncertain.
“I don’t believe he will be absent“, judged Julian Nagelsmann. Of course they can play pokerThe Frenchman ended up coming into play on February 14, blasting the Parisian attack, invisible during the first hour of play. This Wednesday, the spotlight will of course be on the Bondynois prodigy, who has regained his starting role could easily claim the title of best player in the world at the moment, but they will also be so towards Sadio Mané.
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Cruelly deprived of a 2022 World Cup, of which he could have become one of the heroes with Senegal through a fibula operation, the neo-Munichois has been chomping at the bit all winter, before returning after 110 days of Absence from Union Berlin on 26 February. Coming off the bench against Stuttgart this weekend, Mané comes against Paris with an hour of competition and some training in the legs.
Enough to settle on the bench, but probably not to find a starting place, as Nagelsmann explained at a press conference on Tuesday, although the Senegalese is “physically 100%“, from the words of the coach after the victory in Stuttgart. “He’s gaining momentum, but I don’t think he’ll be lined up at kickoff“, dropped the German. But we are happy to see him back. It will be important depending on the result, he can be a player who can, and wants to, decide the result from the bench.”
Mané is not to Munich what Mbappé is to Paris
So here is Mané, like Mbappé in the first leg before him, installed in a position of luxury joker, capable of tipping a round of 16 whose indecision grows as the kick-off looms. Important nuance to bring, however: on the shoulders of the former Red does not weigh all the stake of the meeting, as it weighed on those of the top scorer of the last World Cup.
Mané, it is quite normal, does not have the same aura in Munich as that which Mbappé enjoys at the Parc des Princes, the one which had restored the balm to the heart which PSG so needed in the first leg. And if his return does not seem crucial, it is also because Bayern Munich simply seems more solid collectively, less dependent on an individual in front. “Thomas Müller and Choupo-Moting are also doing very well at the momentrecalled Nagelsmann on Tuesday. For better or for worse, in a group as balanced as ours, you have to accept competition, even as a very high level player..”
Finally, where does the interested party fit in all this? “I’m doing well. It’s been a long time, but I feel so much better nowhe told Sport Bild last week. Being able to be on the pitch again with my colleagues and having the ball at my feet makes me happy. The first leg against PSG came too soon, but the second leg was always in the back of my mind.” The Parisians know what to expect.
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