MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel says Jamal Musiala can’t play against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on Saturday and the Germany striker faces a race against time to qualify for the Champions League match against Real Madrid. .
Bayern host Madrid in the first leg of the semi-final on Tuesday.
Asked why Musiala was left out of the squad for the Frankfurt stopover, Tuchel replied: “He can’t. He has been pain-free for two days and yesterday he felt it again. It’s a strain, a tendon strain, and it bothered him. “He had to interrupt education yesterday. Now we’re going to give it our all for Tuesday.
Musiala and Leroy Sane, who is recovering from injury, were left out of Bayern’s squad in last weekend’s 5-1 win over Union Berlin, when Tuchel made plenty of adjustments with Madrid in mind.
The coach rotated the team on Saturday, with Alphonso Davies, Kim Min-jae, Aleksandar Pavlović and Mathys Tel on the bench in place of Noussair Mazraoui, Konrad Laimer and Matthijs de Ligt, who were due to start against Frankfurt.
Bayern’s only hope of avoiding their first trophyless season since 2012 is to win the Champions League. Bayer Leverkusen have already ended Bayern’s 11-year reign as Bundesliga champions and the Bavarian powerhouse were knocked out by third-tier Saarbrücken in the second round of the German Cup. .
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