FC Bayern in corona chaos!

Will Nagelsmann even get eleven players for the Gladbach game?

Created: 01/04/2022, 10:28 AM

From: Florian Schimak

FC Bayern will face Borussia Mönchengladbach in the second half of the Bundesliga season opener on Friday.

Provided the corona chaos allows it.

Munich - It was definitely one of the bitterest hours in the recent history of FC Bayern *.

The rough 5-0 swat in the second round of the DFB Cup at Borussia Mönchengladbach at the end of October had caused quite a stir.

The first title under Julian Nagelsmann * was gone early on.

At that time, the Bayern coach was missing because of his corona infection.

Now, a few months later, there is a similar picture on Säbener Strasse.

The coach will be on the sidelines on Friday evening.

However, it is questionable whether Nagelsmann can even send enough players onto the pitch.

Corona has the record champions completely under control!

Captain Manuel Neuer and defensive star Lucas Hernandez will definitely be missing.

You are sitting in isolation in the Maldives because you were infected with the virus.

Kingsley Coman, Corentin Tolisso, Tanguy Nianzou and Omar Richards also tested positive after their return from vacation.

FC Bayern in corona chaos: Julian Nagelsmann threatens fiasco for Gladbach game

For Leroy Sané, Dayot Upamecano and Josip Stanisic, according to FC Bayern, the "diagnostics have not yet been completed", but this should be clear in the course of Tuesday.

Since Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Bouna Sarr (both Africa Cup) are not available to Munich against the foals, Nagelsmann could miss up to 13 stars for the second half of the season.

Is the next Gladbach fiasco looming?

Because Serge Gnabry and Leon Goretzka only trained individually on Monday at the start of training on Säbener Straße.

Under normal circumstances, Goretzka in particular would play against Gladbach too early, as he had already missed the last three games before the short winter break due to injuries.

There is also a big question mark behind Joshua Kimmich's personnel.

The midfield star was out of action for almost 50 days after quarantine and infection.

Especially since it is not known how fit the 26-year-old is, as his lungs had recently caused problems after the illness, which is why he had to take a longer break in December.

FC Bayern against Gladbach: does the game have to be canceled?

Does the game against Gladbach have to be canceled? * According to the DFL, you can only apply for a game to be postponed if there are fewer than 15 fit players in the squad.

So if Sané, Goretzka and Co. should fail, it will be really tight for Nagelsmann.

Because then the FCB coach only has ten field players and two goalkeepers.

Nagelsmann would then have to fill up his starting eleven with regional league players from the second team.

The second half of the season doesn't start until February 26th, which doesn't mean that the boys are in the juice.

So it could get really tricky if Bayern meet Borussia with a rump squad ...