Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann on Friday urged his side to turn “misery into momentum” as they return to Bundesliga action on Sunday soon after a shock Champions League exit to Villarreal.
League leaders Bayern vacation to relegation candidates Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday, hoping to shift a move closer to a seemingly unavoidable tenth successive German title.
Still the excursion has been overshadowed by their surprise exit from Europe very last Tuesday, with Nagelsmann admitting that his players are nevertheless “frustrated”.
“Obviously there is a bit of unhappiness simply because we now have to hold out another yr for online games like that. We’ll have a year to think about it,” he claimed.
“We now have a job to do: earn the next two video games and protected the league title. We have to have to change the distress into momentum.”
Bayern is 9 details distinct of second-put Borussia Dortmund at the prime of the desk with five online games to go, this means they could wrap up the title by upcoming weekend.
If they beat Bielefeld on Sunday, they will have the prospect to finish the job in a headline clash with Dortmund the pursuing Saturday.
Nagelsmann claimed that his group will have to do without French stars Lucas Hernandez and Kingsley Coman owing to “muscular problems”, whilst defender Niklas Suele is also however nursing an injury.
Robert Lewandowski is envisioned to direct the line as normal amid speculation about his potential.
The Poland striker is however to sign a new agreement extension over and above 2023 at Bayern, which has lifted questions over regardless of whether the club will provide him at the finish of this year to prevent getting rid of him on a no cost transfer following year.
But on Friday, Nagelsmann dismissed rumours that Lewandowski may perhaps be on his way to Barcelona.
“I assume there was very little in that. When I talk to him, I never have the perception that he desires to go away,” said the coach of the FIFA Men’s Participant of the 12 months.
“It’s typical that a player is acquiring thoughts about his future, primarily when he’s been at the club for so lengthy. But it constantly appears to me as if he would like to remain. I would clearly like to preserve him in my crew.”
1 to check out: Felix Magath
The former Fulham and Wolfsburg coach now has just five online games to help you save Hertha Berlin from relegation after a streaky start off and a humiliating derby defeat to Union Berlin very last Saturday.
Hertha has received 1 and lost two given that Magath returned from obscurity to take the reins in March, but are but to win with the veteran coach in the dugout, as he was forced to sit out the 3- get about Hoffenheim soon after a good Covid check.
The coming weeks will be critical for the beleaguered cash club, as they get ready for three successive clashes with relegation rivals, commencing with Saturday’s excursion to Augsburg.
“So much, we’ve experienced the handicap of playing towards really excellent teams, but now we have opponents on our amount, so there can be no excuses any longer,” claimed Magath on Friday.
Crucial stats
17 – Goals Robert Lewandowski has scored absent from house this season. He desires just a single a lot more to set a new Bundesliga document.
69 – Points Bayern has received after 29 game titles, their maximum tally at this phase for four decades.
111 – Volume of periods Borussia Moenchengladbach and Cologne will have contested the Rhine derby in a aggressive match following Saturday’s clash.
Fixtures (all situations 1330GMT except if mentioned)
Saturday
Borussia Dortmund v Wolfsburg, Freiburg v VfL Bochum, Mainz 05 v VfB Stuttgart, Augsburg v Hertha Berlin, Borussia Moenchengladbach v Cologne (1630)
Sunday
Arminia Bielefeld v Bayern Munich, Union Berlin v Eintracht Frankfurt (1530), Hoffenheim v Greuther Fuerth (1530) Bayer Leverkusen v RB Leipzig (1730)
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