Lewandowski is missing for weeks: Our editors give this advice to the bosses

FC Bayern have to do without Robert Lewandowski for several weeks. It will be anything but easy. Two editors comment on the unusual situation with the Reds.

• FC Bayern have to do without Robert Lewandowski for a few weeks.
• There is no adequate replacement in the squad .
• How should Bayern bosses and coach Hansi Flick react to the situation.

Munich - Robert Lewandowski is out for weeks. Bayern's injury to the only center forward with rank and name is on the wrong foot. Our editors comment on the situation.

Lewandowski injured: FCB does not need a replacement

A chance for the youth: Sports editor Jonas Austermann sees no reason for reinforcements in the Bayern attack.

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Robert Lewandowski is irreplaceable! No matter how many strikers FC Bayern and sports director Hasan Salihamidzic buy. The position of a second attacker in the Munich squad was deliberately left blank - for good reasons.

First, there is the quality question : Lewandowski is rightly considered the best center forward in the world. Maybe five footballers play in his league worldwide. Of course, they all always want to play - and be adequately rewarded. On the other hand, if FCB buys a much worse Lewy replacement like Sandro Wagner , that doesn't help in big games. The Munich team also has to cope with all other tasks with temporary strikers - that's how high the demands on every professional in the squad are.

In addition, since David Alaba's debut almost ten years ago, the club has been craving for talent from his own ranks to make the breakthrough. Joshua Zirkzee is only a few drawbacks, but the question still arises: when should the Dutch curly head get a chance, if not now? So Hansi: Courage to curl!

Jonas Austermann

Lewandowski injured: a striker is needed in the summer

A backup for Robert Lewandowski is needed: Sports editor Hanna Raif calls for personnel improvements.

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It's not as if it had never been there before. One remembers very well from 2015 when Robert Lewandowski masked against FC Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League . Or two years later, in the quarter-finals, when he said he played "with 60 percent" due to a shoulder injury against Real Madrid.

This year one hopes that the Pole will be at full strength despite the tibia opening s. But that does not change the basic problem that Bavaria is at the forefront of. For years, those responsible in the Lewandowski case have been in a bind.

If you buy a second top man - like Timo Werner or Erling Haaland - you prepare the stage for an unnecessary cockfighting. If you do not do this and help yourself with frugal substitutes like Claudio Pizarro , Sandro Wagner or Ivan Perisic , a failure of the top striker is a disaster, especially in the hot season.

Yes, Lewandowski may be a full professional, but they too are a) getting older and can b) injure themselves. Bayern should plan farsightedly in this position in the summer. Even Manuel Neuer put an adversary in front of Alexander Nübel. Competition stimulates business!

Hanna Raif

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