2023-11-24 19:12:00
Raphael Guerreiro “felt his muscle” during training on Wednesday, as Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel announced on Thursday. With Alphonso Davies stressed by the trip, Bayern “don’t want to take the risk,” said Tuchel.
In addition to Guerreiro and Davies, the German national players Thomas Müller and Serge Gnabry, among others, are initially sitting out. In comparison to the 4-2 win against 1. FC Heidenheim, Müller and Gnabry, Bouna Sarr and Aleksandar Pavlovic are also out.
FC Bayern are missing Matthijs de Ligt (partial tear of the medial ligament) and Jamal Musiala (torn muscle fiber) in Cologne. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who plays behind center forward Harry Kane, has only been in the starting line-up this season in the 7-0 win against VfL Bochum on matchday 5.
“He was in training all week, is good at set pieces and can hold the ball well,” said Tuchel about the German-Cameroonian.
Baumgart relies on a strong Cologne team
Cologne will have to do without Jacob Christensen (training deficit). New to the team compared to the 1-1 draw at VfL Bochum are Luca Kilian, Dejan Ljubicic, Florian Kainz and 29 Jan Thielmann.
“We want to stress Bayern. The boys can all run fast and a lot,” said coach Steffen Baumgart: “They’ll give it their all and then we’ll see.”
Lineups:
1. FC Köln (3-4-2-1): Schwäbe – Hübers, Kilian, Hübers, Chabot – Carstensen, Martel, Ljubicic, Maina – Thielmann, Kainz – Selke
FC Bayern (4-2-3-1): Neuer – Laimer, Upamecano, Kim, Mazraoui – Kimmich, Goretzka – Coman, Choupo-Moting, Sané- Kane
Tuchel saw Sané-Red coming
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