A month ago, when Bayern beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in the German National Derby, Arijon Ibrahimovic and Paul Vanner were not yet 16 years old. Who would have thought that they would be directly on bayern's bench in this Bundesliga match against Borussia Moncheng.
The increasingly fierce epidemic in Europe has caused Bayern, which enjoys the winter break, to "suffer heavy losses". At present, Bayern have nine players, including captain Neuer, forced to quarantine due to a positive test for the new crown, and 2 players who left the team due to participation in the African Cup of Nations, coupled with The fact that Goretzka was unable to play due to patellar tendon problems, which has left Bayern manager Nagelsman with a serious shortage.
In response, Nagelsman remained optimistic and asked in his pre-match press conference: "Why am I crying now?" With such a good mood and enthusiasm, Nagelsman followed up, "I'm not a crying person, never have been!" ”
At present, in order to cope with the understaffing of the first team (the second team has not yet ended the holiday), Nagelsmann has to set his sights on the Bayern youngster who is in the training camp of the U17 German team. As a result, the aforementioned Ibrahimovic Ibrahimovic Jr. and Vanna have now left the Under-17 Germany team and have quickly returned to Munich to join the Bayern first team in preparation for the upcoming league.
In fact, these two young players can have such an opportunity, we must thank the German Football Association 'Mukoko' clause - in order to help the talented teenager Mukoko play in the Bundesliga as soon as possible, the German Football Association lowered the age limit for Bundesliga players to play in the previous year, from 17 to 16 years old. As a result, Ibrahimovic Jr. and Vanna, who had just celebrated their 16th birthday, qualified to represent Bayern in the Bundesliga. What's more, if the two youngsters play in this game, it will set a new record for the youngest Bayern player to play in the Bundesliga, held by Musharra.
Of course, adding these two 16-year-olds still can't match Bayern's big list. According to Tz, several other youngsters: Mbi, Booth, Lawrence and Kopado, as well as second team captain Feldhahn were also called up by Nagelsman. In particular, the 35-year-old veteran Feldhahn, who has been working hard and diligently in the second team for many years, did not expect to still contribute to the Bayern first team at this critical moment.
The good news is that Centre-back Jules, who was recuperating from injury, is now back in training and should start in this match against Borussia Moncheng. Even so, limited personnel and a large number of young players forced Nagelsman to rebuild the squad, and even chose some players to guest other positions, such as pre-match media analysis that Kimmich may return to the right-back position, while Pavard changed to play almost no one available in the center-back position.
'We still have 11 players and a lot of world-class players." Nagelsman said, "From the coach's point of view, this is actually very attractive, because you have to think about these sudden new problems, such as some players playing in new positions that they have not trained or rarely taken on, so how do you adjust the layout of the game so that the players can show their abilities in the new position? ”
Finally, Nagelsman confirmed at a press conference that it is not certain whether Bayern's match against Borussia Monchenging will go as scheduled on Friday night (German time), but "at the moment I think so". Meanwhile, Nagelsman said it was "not my job" to apply for a match extension. I am responsible for taking on the challenge and taking on this exciting task. ”