The use of central defender Dayot Upamecano for the record champions against VfB is also questionable due to a muscle injury in his thigh. For Upamecano, Eric Dier could defend alongside Min-Jae Kim, but Leon Goretzka would also be an alternative. Musiala is likely to be replaced again by Thomas Müller.
Striker Harry Kane, who was substituted in the 3-3 draw in Frankfurt, is available for this. In general, “everyone came back fit from their international matches,” said Kompany.
Thursday, October 17, 2024
The German record champions FC Bayern have apparently changed their logo slightly. It can already be seen on social media channels. As the “Footy Headlines” portal reports, the colors in the new version are a little brighter than before. The red is brighter and the blue stands out a little more. Nothing was changed in the design itself.
It’s not the first time that Bayern have changed their logo in recent memory. The logo was last adjusted in 2017. At that time, the diamond pattern was just as easily renewed as some of the letters.
Bayern’s former CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has commented on the future of the two old stars Manuel Neuer and Thomas Müller at the club. Will the 38-year-old goalkeeper’s contract in Munich be extended again? “I don’t know,” Rummenigge told Kicker. “But everyone knows what importance he has in the club.”
Rummenigge made it clear that certain players had created a legacy at FC Bayern. “This also includes Thomas Müller.” So will the veteran stay with the club, perhaps even after his active career ends? “I believe that FC Bayern would be well advised to convince one or two players who are still on the pitch to have a second career in management,” said Rummenigge. You have some of these actors in your ranks. “But Thomas in particular is of course also talented in rhetoric,” he praised the 35-year-old. As a player you also have to have the will to pursue this career path.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
The Portuguese national football team missed out on an early entry into the quarter-finals of the Nations League after a disappointing 0-0 draw against Scotland.
Bayern star João Palhinha expressed frustration after the game: “I’d better keep quiet, I don’t want to get into trouble…” he said in an interview with the Portuguese broadcaster Sport TV, alluding to the referee’s performance. The referee, Lawrence Visser, did not allow longer added time – despite an interruption by a speedster.
Portugal dominated the game, but could not overcome the Scots’ defense. “We deserved more than a draw,” emphasized Palhinha, referring to the opponent’s defensive tactics.
World champion Thomas Müller looks with respect at Bayern Munich‘s upcoming opponents in the top game of the Bundesliga. “They are now a big number in the Bundesliga,” said the 35-year-old about VfB Stuttgart on Tuesday on the sidelines of the vehicle handover at Audi. “I would bet on us,” was the optimistic forecast.
Captain Manuel Neuer also warns about the duel with the runner-up: “I think all VfB players have self-confidence and therefore it will be a difficult home game.” The record champions lost their last meeting with Sebastian Hoeneß’s team in Stuttgart 1:3 in May. “That still bothers us a bit,” said Neuer, who believes “that we take VfB very seriously, that we know what strength they have.”
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Müller expects on Saturday evening (6.30 p.m., in the live ticker on t-online) “that the viewers will see a game that can be attractive because there are two teams that like to have the ball and can handle the ball well.”
Former Bayern players Alexander Nübel, Angelo Stiller and Frans Krätzig are extra motivation for Neuer. “It’s always good when you know your opponent and have played on a team with players with whom you have already worn the same jersey,” said the 38-year-old: “That spurs you on even more.”
National player Giulia Gwinn from FC Bayern reported on her own discriminatory experiences as a youth soccer player.
“I had to listen to a lot of discriminatory remarks, especially from opponents, along the lines of: There’s a girl playing, what’s she doing here? She has no place here,” said the FC Bayern Munich right-back at the award ceremony of the Julius Hirsch Prize on Sunday. Read more details here.
Long-time Bayern press spokesman Markus Hörwick expressed an exciting theory about Jürgen Klopp’s move to Red Bull in the “Doppelpass” program on Sport1. From January 2025, Klopp will work as “Head of Global Soccer” for the football empire around RB Leipzig, Salzburg and other clubs. Hörwick sees this as a great danger for Bayern.
“Leipzig will get incredibly close to Bayern, Dortmund and everyone else in the next few years and maybe even overtake them,” said Hörwick. The influence of a thoroughbred footballer like Klopp could strengthen RB enormously.
Hörwick is particularly critical of the fact that Bayern could lose strength due to the lack of former footballers in leadership. “Red Bull managed to win the lottery with Jürgen Klopp,” he emphasized, recalling how Klopp had already snatched the championship away from Bayern with Dortmund in 2010 and 2011.
Friday, October 11, 2024
With Michael Olise in the starting line-up, France achieved a lackluster mandatory win in the Nations League. The “Équipe Tricolore” won 4-1 against Israel. However, Olise was unable to maintain the top form he is currently in at FC Bayern and remained comparatively inconspicuous.
That’s why he had to put up with surprisingly clear criticism from his national coach Didier Deschamps. “He didn’t play his best game and he knows that. He made a lot of technical mistakes. There is an expectation that needs confirmation,” said Deschamps. “It’s not that he was completely disconnected from our game. He was passable and generous, but with his strong left foot and his technique, he can do better.” Only one of Olise’s six dribbles against Israel was successful, and he lost the ball a total of 22 times.
Former Bayern professional Malik Tillman spoke unusually openly about his departure from Munich. The 22-year-old, who moved to PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands for a transfer fee of twelve million euros in the summer, became surprisingly clear. You can read what exactly he criticized here.
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Only six competitive appearances and 154 minutes of playing time: Despite his mixed start at Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich, João Palhinha is not fazed. “I know that my time at FC Bayern will come. That’s why I work hard every day: I’m fighting to get my chance,” the Portuguese told “Sport Bild”: “To be honest: there’s talk about whether I I’m not interested in losing my patience.”
What is said or interpreted from outside is not important, Palhinha continued. “I’m in this big club because I believe in myself,” said the 29-year-old, who moved from Premier League club FC Fulham to Munich in the summer for around 51 million euros: “It happened often in my career That things like this have been said: Will he make it? Will he get playing time? We’re just at the beginning.”
Palhinha uses a well-known saying in Portugal as motivation. “It’s not about how it starts – it’s about how it ends. I’m just concentrating on my work, on the training sessions. I’m ready,” said the midfielder: “Whether I play 90, 45 or just five minutes : I will fight for every moment.”