Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann has confirmed that everyone is looking forward to beating Barcelona in a match that will take the team to the second round of the Champions League group stage, but the focus should also be on meeting Stuttgart.
“After two draws in the Bundesliga, we have a problem, we are not where we would like to be, Koeman’s injury came at a difficult time, I hope it’s just stress,” Nagelsmann said at a press conference.
He added: “Tomorrow Goretzka starts next to Joshua Kimmich, despite the good performance of Sabitzer in the last few weeks, especially in defense, there is also Ryan Grafenberg in the back, I am very pleased with this situation.”
And he continued: “Tomorrow we will change, there will be some changes, we don’t have much time before the meeting with Barcelona.
Bayern announced that Koeman had a torn right hamstring muscle in the last training session before the match against Stuttgart.
And about whether there is already a match with Barcelona in mind, he stressed: “It is important that the players focus on tomorrow’s match, everyone wants to become German champions, and we are not the first to want this, everyone wants to play and win” . “.
Before the match against Stuttgart, he concluded: “I know Pellegrino Matarazzo, he often changes his plans, we have to be ready for this, this is a team that wants to play football and it can be dangerous if they are given space.”
Johnny Khoury
Source: El Iktisad