FCB quartet causes curiosity - not every hand bandage is an injury
Created: 09/12/2022, 05:12
By: Marcus Giebel
How the pictures are the same (left to right): Mathys Tel, Serge Gnabry, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui wore hand bandages against Stuttgart.
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FC Bayern only manages a draw against VfB Stuttgart.
A quartet creates a curiosity.
But the hand bandages do not all have a medical background.
Munich - Once again it is not enough for Bayern to have a threesome in the Bundesliga.
At 2: 2, VfB Stuttgart equalized deep in injury time through Serhou Guirassy's penalty kick.
So late that the Reds could no longer counter this.
The Munich team missed their fourth win of the season for the third time in a row.
As is well known, it had only been 1-1 against Borussia Mönchengladbach and Union Berlin - despite the clear superiority in both games.
Coach Julian Nagelsmann's team was also in charge against the Swabians.
He then referred to "three huge chances where you definitely have to score a third goal".
FC Bayern against Stuttgart: the Nagelsmann team lost their lightness
Nevertheless, one thing could not be denied: The lightness of the first weeks of the season has been lost somewhat.
The best chances go unused at the front, mistakes pile up at the back.
As a result, Bayern seem a bit knocked out before club legend Robert Lewandowski presents himself with FC Barcelona on Tuesday for the Champions League duel in the Allianz Arena (in our live ticker).
So it fits into the picture that several players ran out with visible injuries on Saturday.
FC Bayern against Stuttgart: Quartet around de Ligt with hand bandages on the way
On the one hand there is the violet under Joshua Kimmich's right eye, which the midfield driver brought with him from the 2-0 win at Inter Milan.
And on the other hand the quartet with bandaged hands or arms: Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui, Serge Gnabry and Mathys Tel were equipped accordingly.
Four players with armbands in a starting eleven - possibly a Bundesliga record that will not appear in any statistics.
In any case, Sky
commentator Frank Buschmann found it "incredible - I've never seen anything like it".
But what is behind it?
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FC Bayern and the hand bandage quartet: At Tel she has no medical reasons
Mathys Tel, who scored the 1-0 and at 17 years and 136 days is now the record champions' youngest Bundesliga goalscorer, is said to be a kind of lucky charm according to
Sport1
information, for medical reasons the Frenchman would ask the association the right one Hand therefore not need.
The bandage could become a trademark for him, as in the case of his compatriot Karim Benzema, who, however, has had to bandage his right hand for a number of years to protect his injured little finger due to a fracture that was delayed.
Meanwhile, defense chief de Ligt has his entire right forearm connected.
The Dutchman tore a ligament in his hand before the 7-0 win at VfL Bochum.
Since then he has needed a splint to protect the affected scaphoid.
The injury doesn't seem to affect the 23-year-old very much, within a week he was in the starting XI three times.
FC Bayern and the hand injuries: Gnabry suffered injuries against Wolfsburg
Gnabry's bracelet looks similarly spectacular.
The right forearm of the native of Stuttgart is also completely bandaged.
The winger broke his wrist 2-0 in the first home game against VfL Wolfsburg.
For the first time since this mishap in the league, he was allowed to play again from the start against VfB.
Mazraoui, whose left hand is affected, is a bit out of line.
The Moroccan, who made his debut in the Bundesliga, is suffering from an unspecified injury.
Similar to Tel, however, the bandage is significantly lower than that of the other two colleagues.
The accession of Ajax Amsterdam presented the bandage to the public for the first time.
He may also be the first of the quartet to be able to play again without hand protection.
Even if the quartet caused an oddity: You will all know that a hand injury in football is preferable to a foot or leg injury.
Because none of the three victims let themselves be deterred from an operation.
And Tel's lucky charm has also fulfilled its purpose.
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