Bayern line-up in the Supercup against RB Leipzig: Nagelsmann relies on Mané, de Ligt only on the bench

Created: 07/31/2022, 04:48 am

By: Vincent Fischer

Which starting XI will Julian Nagelsmann choose in the Supercup duel against RB Leipzig?

The Bayern coach is spoiled for choice, especially in attack.

Update from July 30, 7:37 p.m .:

FC Bayern’s lineup is here!

Coach Julian Nagelsmann relies on Dayot Upamecano in central defense, Matthijs de Ligt is only on the bench for the time being.

As expected, Sadio Mané and Serge Gnabry should form a dual leadership.

Nagelsmann sends the following team into the Supercup duel against Leipzig:

Neuer - Pavard, Upamecano, Lucas Hernandez, Davies - Kimmich, Sabitzer - Musiala, Müller - Gnabry, Mané

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Update from July 30, 6:03 p.m .:

Julian Nagelsmann wants to spread Robert Lewandowski’s goals over several shoulders.

His latest plan: a dual leadership.

Accordingly, new signing Sadio Mané, together with Serge Gnabry, should be at the forefront of scoring.

Gnabry played for Nagelsmann up front at TSG Hoffenheim and feels "very comfortable" there.

The new duo Mané/Gnabry could make its debut in Leipzig.

First report from July 29, 2:53 p.m .:

Munich – It’s one after the other for FC Bayern.

After the two friendlies in the USA, coach Julian Nagelsmann's team will have their first competitive game on Saturday.

The first title of the season is at stake against cup winners RB Leipzig: the DFL Supercup (kick-off: 8.30 p.m./Sky/Sat.1).

At the press conference before the game (you can find all the statements here), coach Julian Nagelsmann warned about his former club.

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“Leipzig is one of the main competitors for the championship and the DFB Cup.

It's a very, very good team that is also very well attuned," said the Bayern coach.

RB is "a young, hungry club that is always trying to scratch the status of Bayern Munich".

This is exactly what the record champions want to prevent on Saturday and underpin their status as the top dog in German football.

Appropriately, the bosses around Hasan Salihamidzic stole a "diamond eye" from Borussia Dortmund.

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The duel contains quite a bit of explosiveness.

From 2019 to 2021, the current Bayern coach Nagelsmann was on the sidelines of the Red Bulls.

Even if the Saxons would have liked to keep him, the native of Landsberg made his dream come true and switched to Säbener Straße for the handsome base fee of 15 million euros.

Since then, there has always been teasing between the two clubs.

For example, in the transfer poker for the Leipzig midfielder Konrad Laimer, when RB managing director Oliver Mintzlaff teased the Munich team - and promptly had to take a counterattack from Bayern President Hainer.

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At the press conference ahead of the game, Julian Nagelsmann was not yet able to answer what the squad for the game in Leipzig will look like.

"There are already a lot of players that we have to eliminate," said the 35-year-old, "some hard decisions have to be made.

Definitely absent are Bouna Sarr, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting and Leon Goretzka, all of whom are injured.

Newcomer Mathys Tel has not yet been corrected and may therefore not be used.

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It is eagerly awaited which starting XI Julian Nagelsmann will choose in Leipzig.

In addition to the regulars around Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich and Thomas Müller, star newcomer Sadio Mané has a place at the front line, as Nagelsmann confirmed at the press conference.

Kingsley Coman, who is allowed to play despite his suspension, could also play from the start.

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On the other hand, it is still unclear who will be given preference in the right-back position.

Newcomer Noussair Mazraoui challenges Benjamin Pavard, who is willing to change.

It remains to be seen whether Matthijs de Ligt, who looked tired in preparation, will be enough for the starting XI in Leipzig.

In midfield, Marcel Sabitzer, who scored points in the friendlies with the coaching team, could play against his former club.

FC Bayern: Expected line-up against RB Leipzig

Neuer - Pavard, de Ligt, Hernandez, Davies - Kimmich, Musiala, Gnabry, Müller, Coman - Mané