After double suspension
Kompany sends the Bayern star on a short vacation
December 8, 2025 – 6:26 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
Luis Díaz is not allowed to play against Sporting Lisbon or Mainz. Bayern coach Kompany reacts to this and takes an unusual measure.
Coach Vincent Kompany gives frequent player Luis Díaz a short vacation during FC Bayern Munich’s year-end spurt. The unusual measure is made possible by a double ban for the Colombian international this week.
“He won’t be here for a few days,” Kompany reported on Monday after the final training for the Champions League game against Sporting Lisbon, in which the 28-year-old Díaz was not on the pitch.
The winger was suspended for the last time in the premier class on Tuesday (6:45 p.m./DAZN) because of his red card from the game at Paris Saint-Germain. However, in the 5-0 win against VfB Stuttgart last Saturday, the winger saw his fifth yellow card of this Bundesliga season. A warning with consequences: This means that Díaz will also have to miss the record champions’ home game against Mainz next Sunday.
While other yellow and red offenders at other clubs are sometimes even penalized with fines by their clubs, Díaz is now even receiving a kind of reward. Kompany sent his winger on vacation due to the double suspension.
“Lucho has always played everything, not just for us, but also for the national team. He also has the longest trips. People always talk about more and more games. I think it’s just sensible now that he’s away for a few days and then comes back 100 percent mentally and physically,” said the Bayern coach. “The important thing for me is that he is now with his family.”
Kompany believes that the time off now could pay off positively in the second half of the season. But Díaz is not going on an early or even extended winter break, as Kompany emphasized in the press conference before the Sporting game. “Christmas presents are part of Christmas,” they didn’t exist before, said the Belgian with a laugh, looking ahead to the last game of the year against 1. FC Heidenheim on December 21st.
“He’ll be there again,” the coach made it clear. After the 25th game of the season, all Bayern professionals will go on a short Christmas break until training starts on January 3rd. Díaz, who previously played for Liverpool FC, will enjoy the winter break in the Bundesliga for the first time.