After Joshua Kimmich also Serge Gnabry, Jamal Musiala, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting and Michael Cuisance again have to go into domestic quarantine, FC Bayern announced on Sunday.
At 2.50 pm, the FC Bayern plane will take off for Ukraine on Monday. And it will have to make the journey to the Champions League match at Dynamo Kiev with a greatly reduced line-up. In addition to the five unvaccinated quarantined cases Kimmich, Gnabry, Musiala, Choupo-Moting and Cuisance, who according to FC Bayern had contact with a person in the immediate vicinity of the FC Bayern team who tested positive for the coronavirus, Niklas Süle is also almost certainly missing after a COVID-19 infection Josip Stanisic will also be absent for the same reason. Dayot Upamecano also saw three cautions in the first four group games and has to serve a yellow ban. Tanguy Nianzou can therefore hope for a new chance in the centre of defence.
Already last Thursday, the non-vaccinated professionals of the record champion were informed that the club would no longer pay a salary for the period of time during which these players would have to be in quarantine and therefore would not be able to train or play.
Vulnerable FCB
After all, the six-time winner of the Henkelpot doesn’t have to worry about sporting matters in terms of the Champions League, with a place in the last 16 already secured and group victory very likely. For the latter, even a draw in Kiev would suffice. Nevertheless, Julian Nagelsmann and his team will want to get back on track quickly. To do so, the team must put an end to old mistakes that led to the unnecessary defeat in Augsburg. After losing the ball, the record champions prove to be extremely vulnerable. A fact that the opponents know about and exploit for their own benefit. This problem, which was already obvious under Hansi Flick, has not yet been solved by Nagelsmann.
In addition, some stars have to work on their form. Marcel Sabitzer in particular did not take his chance in Augsburg and is no help in this condition. Leroy Sané also had a weak day after a long time, as did Serge Gnabry, who is now missing again anyway. This quarantine issue is increasingly becoming a burden for the team. It will be interesting to see whether the team can simply shake this off on the pitch.
