Bayern keeper vs. Inter
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The next very large Champions League exam is for goalkeeper talent Jonas Urbig. The 21-year-old will also be back in the goal of FC Bayern Munich on Wednesday (9 p.m./DAZN) at the quarter-final second leg against Inter Milan because captain and regular keeper Manuel Neuer cannot appear again in the right calf after a muscle fiber tear.
The 39-year-old Neuer was missing on Tuesday in the final training in the sunny Munich before the trip to the Bayern Tross to Italy on the pitch. Urbig meanwhile completed the usual program with the other goalkeepers the day before a game. For the Youngster, the fourth commitment in the premier class after the two round of 16 games against Bayer Leverkusen and the first leg against Inter when he had to accept his first two goals in the competition.
Urbig has moved into the spotlight to the record champion from the replacement bank of the second division club 1. FC Köln. When Neuer injured himself against Leverkusen at the beginning of March, he had to step in. “For me personally it was a big step, only in the round of 16 against Leverkusen and now in the quarter -finals against Inter,” said the keeper after the 1-2 in the first leg. He did not struggle for long, but immediately looked ahead after the game: “We cannot undo the game.” In Milan he has to play too zero if possible if the jump to the semi -finals is still to succeed.
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“That was certainly not planned, but he has done his thing very well so far,” said the former Bayern professional, who himself stood twice in the Champions League for the Munich in 1994/95. “Such games may also decide how a career can develop.” As a goalkeeper, especially in such games against strong teams, you have to work at the right moment and make the right decisions, “that’s exactly what the crux is in the job. The chaff separates from the wheat.” However, Gospodarek is convinced that Urbig will also be “his husband” in Milan.
