French attacking midfielder Kingsley Coman, suspended for the first two days of the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich, should return to the Bavarian starting lineup at the end of the third day of the German championship on Sunday in Bochum (3:30 p.m. GMT). “He has incredible qualities, which we don’t really like to deprive ourselves of. He is definitely a candidate to start the meeting., explained Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann at a press conference on Friday. Coman was sent off on the penultimate day of the previous season in injury time against Stuttgart for an angry gesture and a slap in the face of his opponent Konstantinos Mavropanos.
Absent in Frankfurt and against Wolfsburg (6-1 and 2-0 wins), he has finished serving his three league suspension matches, and should benefit from the two to three changes planned by Nagelsmann, who has so far aligned the even starting eleven on the first three Bayern matches, to start the meeting in Bochum. Serge Gnabry and Jamal Musiala, both affected by the adductors, are uncertain for the trip to the championship. “We had planned to make two changes to the starting lineup, there may be three now”explained Nagelsmann. “He fits very well into our game concept. If asked, he’s not a full-back but prefers to play in the middle, but that’s the case for everyone. But he can play very well on the sides., underlined the Munich coach about the French international (26 years old, 40 caps). The technician also praised the investment of the former Turinese in training during this period of suspension. “He also gave his all outside of team training and trained well,” Nagelsmann said.
Bayern impressed in their first three official matches of the season (Super Cup and league) with 13 goals scored, reassuring about their attacking ability to make people forget the departure of their goal machine, Polish center forward Robert Lewandowski.