The medical records of FC Bayern's stars have long since reached biblical proportions. An initial measure has been taken to prevent injuries.
Munich – Just a few days ago, Thomas Tuchel was just bubbling away. “The season is too crazy, the injury situation is too crazy,” grumbled the FC Bayern coach during the press conference before the Bundesliga away game in Heidenheim (2:3). The constant failures not only cause problems for Tuchel when it comes to positioning, but also limit his daily work. This makes it difficult to rehearse new tactical variations.
FC Bayern is taking the first measure to prevent injuries
Tuchel and his coaching team have already taken the first measures to stop the injury madness. According to
Bild
, the constant injuries and the associated failures are an issue that those responsible now want to address. After the 2-2 draw in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League at Arsenal, Tuchel initially ordered relaxed sessions.
On Thursday morning, after half an hour of relaxed team training, the plan was for a quarter of an hour of jogging, followed by ten minutes of stretching exercises on the lawn with the yoga and Pilates coach. This should prevent injuries in the future. In addition, the training and the type of load control should be examined more closely.
FC Bayern's injury list at a glance (as of April 12, 2024)
Surname |
Injury |
Downtime duration |
Missed games |
|---|---|---|---|
Manuel Neuer |
Lack of training, torn muscle fibers |
26 days |
4 |
Daniel Perez |
Inner ligament injury |
58 days |
10 |
Sven Ulreich |
Capsule injury, sick, infection |
10 days |
3 |
Matthijs de Ligt |
Impact, knee ligament tear |
64 days |
9 |
Dayot Upamecano |
Adductors, hamstring injury, torn muscle fiber |
41 |
7 |
Tarek Buchmann |
2x torn muscle bundles |
302 days |
44 |
Alphonso Davies |
Internal ligament strain |
21 days |
4 |
Raphaël Guerreiro |
Torn muscle bundle, lack of training, 2x torn muscle fibers |
113 |
14 |
Noussair Mazraoui |
muscular problems, sick, torn muscle bundles, lack of training, torn muscle fibers |
96 |
11 |
Sacha Boey\t |
Torn muscle fibers, torn muscle bundles |
63 days |
11 |
Bouna Sarr |
Cruciate ligament tear |
182 days |
27 |
Joshua Kimmich |
Muscular problems, sick twice, shoulder injury |
28 days |
5 |
Aleksandar Pavlovic |
Hip problems, tonsillitis, sick |
21 days |
3 |
Leon Goretzka |
Broken hand, muscular problems, sick |
21 days |
6 |
Konrad Laimer |
Calf injury |
28 days |
5 |
Jamal Musiala |
Torn muscle fiber, thigh injury |
41 days |
5 |
Kingsley Coman |
muscular problems, torn muscle fibers, torn inner knee ligament, muscular problems\t |
87 days |
13 |
Leroy Sane |
Knee problems, pubic bone irritation |
10 days |
2 |
Serge Gnabry |
Hip problems, broken forearm, sick, muscle injury, torn muscle fiber |
132 days |
23 |
FC Bayern is plagued by absurd levels of injuries
The list of injuries this season has long been reaching absurd levels. Only Minjae Kim, Eric Dier, Frans Krätzig, Mathys Tel, Bryan Zaragoza, Thomas Müller, Harry Kane and Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting were spared injuries this season. Some special features regarding individual personal details should not be ignored.
With Kim, for example, he was missing Bayern for several weeks due to his participation in the Asian Games with South Korea. Or Dier, who was registered for Tottenham Hotspur for half the season and only moved to Munich in the winter. Krätzig has also been playing on loan for Austria Vienna since the last transfer window and the transfer from Zaragoza, which was actually only planned for the summer, was brought forward due to the constant injuries.
Wild speculation: Is the hybrid turf FC Bayern's problem?
With Tel, Müller, Kane and Choupo-Moting, there are actually only four players in the squad who were spared injuries throughout the entire season. Until now. According to
Bild
, the discussion about hybrid turf as a possible cause of the many injuries is heating up again internally. However, there is no solid evidence of a connection.
The hybrid turf was already replaced after Pep Guardiola, who coached Bayern from 2013 to 2016. At the time, the mixture of turf and plastic was perceived as too hard and dull. Before the season, hybrid turf was laid again in both the Allianz Arena and the two training pitches on Säbener Straße.
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