Six Bayern stars are warned in the quarter-finals of the club World Cup. They are closed to the next yellow card. But they don’t want to take into account.
Julian Buhl reports from Atlanta
At the latest since the round of 16 of Borussia Dortmund against Monterrey (2-1), all observers and participants should be clear to the regulations at the club World Cup. Jobe Bellingham saw his second yellow card early in the game and is therefore now blocked by the quarter -finals on Saturday (4 p.m. local time/10 p.m. CET) against Real Madrid and his brother Jew. Especially bitter: As his head coach Niko Kovač revealed, Bellingham apparently did not know this rule and only learned about his lock during the half -time break.
At the quarter -final game of Bayern on Saturday against PSG, six Munich stars are now preloaded with yellow. Leon Goretzka, Jonathan Tah, Joshua Kimmich, Konrad Laimer, Harry Kane and Jamal Musiala would be blocked for the possible semi -finals, provided that they are again warned by the referee in the top game against Paris. The yellow danger of the red.
Head coach Vincent Kompany is very aware of this. Does that even affect him in the preparation of the game and the selection of his team line -up? Is this possibly a reason to put on the unpredictable Aleksandar Pavlović instead of Goretzka in the central midfield, so that they will definitely have both available in the next round?
“The goal is the goal. If we have progressed, we will make the best situation out of the new situation. But that will not play an important role before tomorrow,” he said on Friday evening at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium when asked by T-online. “We play against the European champion, we need full focus on the game.” The reigning Champions League winner will undoubtedly demand everything from Bayern. Such tactical games that go beyond the duel have no place.
Joshua Kimmich sees it similarly. “First and foremost, it’s about doing everything to win the game,” said Bavaria’s third captain. At the same time, however, he admitted: “Of course you have in mind that it would be stupid to get an unnecessary yellow card. ‘Unnecessary’ is always a bit of a matter of opinion.” Means: Kimmich does not want to and will not withdraw in the crucial scenes of the game.
The hazard of yellow will float throughout the game like a Damocles sword above him and the five other Bavaria. After the quarter -finals, the yellow cards are then deleted. So that no player threatens a lock in the final due to a further warning in the semi -finals.