Bayern Munich has something to worry about. A few days after being held in check on home turf against Real Madrid during their Champions League semi-final first leg (2-2), the 2023 German champion had to manage a perilous trip this weekend on the pitch in Stuttgart, in ambush for second place. If on the other side of the Pyrenees, the Bavarians’ future opponents made a strong impression by correcting Cadiz with the added bonus of a Spanish Champion title obtained thanks to Barça’s defeat in front of Girona at the same time, Thomas Tuchel’s men experienced very varied fortunes in Baden-Württemberg. With a squad reshuffled in anticipation of the trip to Madrid in four days, the Rekordmeister fell at the MHP Arena in Stuttgart (3-1) as part of the 32nd day of the Bundesliga, putting an end to three consecutive successes in the league.
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Absent from the debates during the majority of the game, the Bavarians were subjected to the law of the Swabians who made the difference in the last minutes through Woo-Jeong and Silas Wamangituka. In addition to this hardly reassuring poor performance on the sidelines of its European meeting, Bayern Munich once again suffered the blow on a physical level. Deprived of Sacha Boey, Bouna Sarr, Tarek Buchmann, Matthijs de Ligt and Jamal Musiala (rested due to knee tendon irritation), the Roten lost two other players during the game. Injured in the foot, Raphaël Guerreiro had to give up his place prematurely, replaced by Leon Goretzka, after the first quarter of an hour. In the wake of the Portuguese international, Eric Dier was also forced to leave his partners, hit in the head after giving of himself to save a close shot from Serhou Guirassy.
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If the Englishman remains a Source of concern, although his forehead injury seems minor, there is, however, no hope of seeing Raphaël Guerreiro, who left the stadium on crutches to join the team bus. Bavarian team, set foot on the pitch of the Santiago Bernabéu. If Thomas Tuchel did not bode well at the final whistle, the medical examinations carried out this Sunday confirmed the bad news. “FC Bayern will be without Raphaël Guerreiro for the next matches. The Portuguese suffered an injury to his ligaments and ankle capsule during the Bundesliga match at Stuttgart (1-3) on Saturday. This is the result of an examination carried out by the FC Bayern medical department. could we read in the official press release from the Munich club. Forfeited against Real Madrid, the Lusitanian is therefore added to an increasingly busy infirmary. A fact which did not escape Thomas Tuchel. Forced to rely on a Dayot Upamecano still convalescing following a ligament sprain to compensate for the half-time exit of Eric Dier, the German technician highlighted the recurring physical problems of his team this season.
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“Today we do more calculations in medical meetings than anything else. The doctors sit in front of me and debate whether players should play 60 or 30 minutes. We’ll have to wait and see if they’ll be available starting Monday. This is the situation. Raphaël Guerreiro came out on crutches, which of course is very hard because he had to play a few minutes to be ready for Madrid. Eric Dier felt something in his thigh before the match, but that wasn’t the reason for his exit. We couldn’t take any more risks with him and so we took one with Upa (Upamecano editor’s note) who was not supposed to play for more than 30 minutes. This is unfortunately the story of our team this season., bitterly regretted the former PSG and Chelsea coach at a press conference. While Matthijs de Ligt, affected last week in Frankfurt and absent during the first leg against the Merengues, should be determined on his fate in the hours to come, the massacre currently hitting the Munich troops is not reassuring at a time when Bayern are undoubtedly preparing to play the most important match of their season.
Pub. THE 05/05/2024 17:02
Update 05/05/2024 17:09
