Bayern line-up against Salzburg fixed: Nagelsmann puts Upamecano on the bench – Tolisso starts in the round of 16
FC Bayern will on Wednesday (9 p.m./DAZN) in the Champions League against the Austrian champions RB Salzburg are on course for the quarter-finals. Despite the recent 4-2 defeat in the Bundesliga at VfL Bochum, Munich are the big favorites going into the round of 16 first leg. “Our task is ideally to continue the group phase“, coach Julian Nagelsmann. With six wins and 22:3 goals, the record was strong in the first six games of the competition. “Now comes the starting signal for a phase that is extremely important. In the Champions League, it’s against the best when it comes to the final. You want to belong there,” said Thomas Müller.
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However, the Munich team still cannot compete in the premier class with the best line-up. In addition to the injured first-choice goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (knee operation), other top performers Leon Goretzka (patellar tendon problems), Alphonso Davies (inflammation of the heart muscle) and Jamal Musiala (corona) were also absent from Bayern. As against Bochum, Sven Ulreich will fill the role of new representative. Compared to the league game, however, Corentin Tolisso is back in the first eleven. Dayot Upamecano, who had already been substituted at half-time against Bochum, has to give way.
Lineup fixed: This is how FC Bayern started in Salzburg
In the offensive, the German record champions can rely on the full band. Center forward Robert Lewandowski receives support from four players in the front line. This is how Kingsley Coman, Leroy Sané, Thomas Müller and Serge Gnabry can start. One option is that Nagelsmann relies on a back three and starts next to Tolisso Joshua Kimmich in front of the defensive line. Nagelsmann also expects an exciting coaching duel on the sidelines with Matthias Jaissle, who is a few younger. The RB coach has – as a player – a Hoffenheim past like Nagelsmann.
Adeyemi near Salzburg in focus
Austria’s serial champions from Salzburg shouldn’t really be a stumbling block for the Munich player with his young, inexperienced team around 20-year-old Karim Adeyemi. Salzburg are in the round of 16 for the first time ever. However, Müller certifies that Austria’s young bulls “play modern football, characterized by speed and a certain amount of chaos.” The focus is on Adeyemi. The young attacker has a Bayern past as a teenager and forms the Salzburg attacking duo with the Swiss Noah Okafor (21). With their turbo speed, they scored three goals each, putting Salzburg in second place in the Wolfsburg group.
This is how Salzburg started: Köhn – Kristensen, Solet, Wöber, Ulmer – Capaldo, Camara, Seiwald – Aaronson – Adeyemi, Okafor