FC Bayern – VfL Wolfsburg in the live ticker: Lineup – Nagelsmann puts de Ligt and Sané back on the bench
Created: 08/14/2022, 16:35
By: Patrick Mayer
FC Bayern coach: Julian Nagelsmann.
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After the furious start against Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Bayern will face VfL Wolfsburg and ex-coach Niko Kovac this Sunday.
Follow the game here in the live ticker.
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Munich – Borussia Dortmund beat SC Freiburg 3-1 (0-1), this Sunday evening (5:30 p.m.) FC Bayern wants to follow suit with a win against VfL Wolfsburg.
Coach Niko Kovac, who won the German Bundesliga championship and the DFB Cup with Munich in the 2018/19 season before he had to leave in November 2019, is then on the sidelines for Lower Saxony.
"It's always nice to come back where you've played or worked as a coach," said the 50-year-old Croatian before the game in the Allianz Arena in Munich: "That's why I'm happy.
You will meet many companions in the game.” Before the duel, his successor Julian Nagelsmann said: “Niko Kovac definitely won more titles in his first season at Bayern than I did.
I know that.
Nevertheless, things did not go perfectly during his term of office.” Nagelsmann “only” won the Bundesliga league in his first season – actually not enough for the Bavarian claims.
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After challenger BVB's second win in their second game, Bayern are now under pressure to go three points past Westphalia, who are the only team with a full haul so far.
Nagelsmann also relies on the team that swept Eintracht Frankfurt 6-1 out of the stadium at the Bundesliga opener this Sunday.
Means: Sadio Mané and Serge Gnabry storm together, the Austrian Marcel Sabitzer forms the double six with strategist Joshua Kimmich.
Also means: Leroy Sané and Matthijs de Ligt are sitting on the bench for the time being.
Still too high a hurdle for the "wolves"?
Coach Kovac said before the game: "We have to accept the little that is delivered to us."
Follow FC Bayern's home game against VfL Wolfsburg this Sunday evening from 5.30 p.m. here in the live ticker.
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