After the international trip, FC Bayern will play the away game at Mainz 05 on Saturday (6:30 p.m.). During the non-game days, some unpleasant topics arose around the record champions.
Coach Thomas Tuchel will answer all important questions at the press conference on Friday. sport.de accompanies FC Bayern’s PK from 11 a.m. in the live blog.
+++ Tuchel over Neuer +++
Manuel Neuer is also back in training. This is sensational news. We are very proud of him. Nevertheless, we decided together with him that Ulreich would also be in goal in the Champions League against Istanbul. He trains extremely well and is completely free. We can’t offer him what he would miss now: training with the central defenders, a test match. We have to improvise. Despite all the euphoria, we don’t want to get hectic.”
+++ Tuchel about Kimmich +++
“With Joshua we have to wait a bit, he trained again for the first time yesterday and got out of bed. It’s going to be very close. We’ll see how he coped with it yesterday. It was top quality, but if he tolerated it well , he comes into the squad. Mazraoui is out, Upamecao is out, Gnabry is out and Guerreiro is out. Everyone else comes along.
+++ Here we go +++
FC Bayern’s press conference is starting this minute in Munich. Thomas Tuchel is waiting for the journalists’ questions and will give the first answer straight away.
+++ What about Joshua Kimmich? +++
The already strenuous trip to the USA with the German national team recently became a stress test for Joshua Kimmich. Due to a flu-like infection, the midfielder was only able to complete the first training sessions. He traveled back to Munich before the two test matches against the United States (3:1) and Mexico (2:2). What about FC Bayern’s leading player?
+++ Will Tuchel continue to rely on Mazraoui? +++
Meanwhile, there was a political scandal surrounding right-wing defender Noussair Mazraoui. While the Moroccan was with the national team, he spread pro-Palestine posts on Instagram in response to the escalation of violence in the Middle East.
The defensive man has now distanced himself from his posts on the social network and condemned any terror. In return, FC Bayern waived disciplinary measures. Nevertheless, the topic could continue to cause unrest – possibly even with your own fans. How has Tuchel perceived the situation so far?
+++ Will FC Bayern lose touch in the league? +++
Regardless of the sideshows, FC Bayern faces an important game in the Bundesliga. Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart are currently still ahead of the record champions. In the fight for the championship, the Tuchel team should not let the top team from Leverkusen get too far away. Is Tuchel already feeling pressure in the title race? And how are three points supposed to be scored against Mainz?