Before the second leg in the Champions League play-off against Celtic, FC Bayern Munich has a question mark behind the use of striker Harry Kane. The Englishman paused during the final training. Coach Company is still confident.
After the 2-1 first leg victory in the Celtic Park of Glasgow, FC Bayern Munich is not allowed to afford a mistake in the second leg of the Champions League-Play-offs. Harry Kane takes on a key personnel. But the Englishman was missing in the final training. Trainer Vincent Kompany was not able to give a final all -clear in the press conference on Monday.
Company about Kane: “Will see tomorrow how he feels”
“It’s not a bad thing, but we just have very little time to relax. Sometimes you need this one day extra,” said Kompany about his best striker. There is no hundred percent security that Kane can appear against Celtic: “We will see tomorrow as he feels.”
This year the record champion wants to reach the final class finale, which is taking place in Munich this time. The first hurdle is called Celtic Glasgow, and Kompany is prepared for everything: “We are preparing for everything – that they press and that they retreat far,” said Kompany, who has respect for the opponent: “I Have a look at many Celtic games.
Vincent Kompany and the “extra little strength”
The play-off second leg is the third game in six days for the Munich. However, an excuse should not be the burden. The game is “extremely important for the club,” said Kompany. His team will “go in with full motivation as always. We play at home, and we are very strong, also with the support of our fans.”
The Belgian also sees the 0: 0 in Leverkusen, for which Bayern were partially criticized hard. His argument: If you still take a point in a game in which you are forced to defend, then that’s good. “And if the results are right, you always have the extra little strength, and that will help us tomorrow.”
Jamal Musiala: Leverkusen experience can still help us
Jamal Musiala also sees it, who takes the positive from the Leverkusen game: “I see it positively that we didn’t have one of our best days but didn’t lose. That is a good signal for the team,” said the 21 -Years, who recently extended his contract with Bayern until 2030. “Our team spirit that we fought and kept zero is what we need if we want to get far.”
The experience of being pressed and dominated in your own half may help again, Musiala believes: “The fact that we had to defend so much was a good experience for us because such a situation may come again.” Maybe not yet against Celtic, but possibly then on the way to the “Finale Dahoam”.
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