Vincent Kompany has a goalkeeper problem five days before the Bayern/PSG clash. His captain Manuel Neuer is injured in the side while his understudy has personal problems. On the PSG side, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Matvey Safonov will be in the balance next Tuesday.
D-5 before the Bayern/PSG match counting for the 5th day of the championship phase of the Champions League. Present at a press conference this Thursday, Belgian coach Vincent Kompany took stock of the state of his team, which will face Augsburg this Friday evening in the Bundesliga before hosting PSG next Tuesday.
In addition to João Strawwho was injured during the international break and will be out for several weeks, and long-term injured Aleksandar PavlovicHiroki This and Joseph StanisicBayern Munich has been without its number 2 goalkeeper Sven for several weeks Ulreichabsent for private reasons. “I can’t say more”confided Kompany this Thursday.
Neuer injured in the ribs, Ulreich absent for personal reasons
The Belgian coach could have another even bigger problem as his number one goalkeeper and captain, Manuel Neuerhad to leave Wednesday afternoon's practice after just 12 minutes due to rib arch pain. “We hope there is nothing serious and that he can play tomorrow, but we have to wait and see how things go in training today”confided Kompany this morning, before his team's training.
According to Bild, Neuer did not train with the team on Thursday and remained in treatment. A decision will be made this Friday morning concerning his presence against Augsburg, but if he were to withdraw, it is the Israeli international Daniel Peretz who will start, he who had disgusted the attackers of the France team and Warren Zaire -Emery during the recent France/Israel (0-0).
A doubt also among the PSG goalkeepers?
If the identity of the Bavarian goalkeeper against PSG is not very clear to date, it is difficult to say with certainty that Gianluigi Donnarumma will start next Tuesday for Paris after his disappointing performance against Atlético Madrid two weeks ago and his recent intestinal virus in Italian selection.
We will have to see who Luis Enrique decides to start this Friday evening against Toulouse, knowing that he had lined up Matvey Safonov to everyone's surprise against Lens on November 2 before starting Donnarumma against Atlético Madrid then Angers. A start for the Russian cannot be ruled out, whether this Friday or next Tuesday.
This Thursday, Luis Enrique was at a press conference and was not questioned about his goalkeepers. On the other hand, he announced that Nuno Mendes' sprained ankle was not serious, without however guaranteeing that the Portuguese would be available next Tuesday in Bavaria.
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