“Can take longer”
The violation of Manuel Neuer is so bad
07.03.2025 – 11:40 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
After his cheers were doomed, Manuel Neuer has to expose him for the time being. It could take longer than expected.
“I guess that he has to take the time until the international break to recover. It can go a little faster, but also take longer,” said the Belgian before the Bundesliga home game against VfL Bochum on Saturday (from 3:30 p.m. in the live ticker at T-online).
Neuer had to end the round of 16 in the Champions League against Bayer Leverkusen (3-0) prematurely last Wednesday after he was injured while cheering. Against the Table-16 from Bochum, as in the last half hour, Jonas Urbig will be guarding the goal against the “Workerself”.
According to Kompany’s forecast and his muscle fiber tear in the calf, the new could reappear against FC St. Pauli on March 29. In addition to the game against VfL, he would also miss the second leg in the round of 16 of the Champions League in Leverkusen on Tuesday and the encounter at Union Berlin (March 15).
Replacementman Urbig enjoys his full support, emphasized Kompany. “I don’t want to put too much pressure on Jonas, he did it well (against Leverkusen), in training too, that should give him confidence,” he said, adding: If it does not go against Bochum as desired, he will “do no stress”, “he has the right talent and the right mentality, so we have confidence”.
The duel with Bochum, in which the sick Aleksandar Pavlović will be missing again, is “the game in between,” said Kompany, referring to the premier class and Bayer. The coach wants to be rotated in view of the stress and sees his eleven before a “mentality question”. Company: “The most dangerous is when you go in and think: it will work out. As a big club, you have to play like a big club from the start.”