The injury problems let Pep Guardiola pondering. He finds it “difficult phase” since he is at Bayern. With captain Philipp Lahm before the coach something special.
The violations of his star players Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery and failure of “machine” David Alaba bring the Spaniards to ponder. How wen up where? But Pep Pep would not, he would not have long made countless thoughts. “I have something in mind, but it is still in my head,” he said.
An important role is played by captain Philipp Lahm , The world champion is fit after the international break and at its sole discretion, may at BVB ran from the start. Looks Pep the same? Can Lahm from the beginning to play? “Yes I Do. He can. But he can not, “Guardiola said. Which means as: It is completely up to me
Lahm prospect of a place in the starting line is far greater than that. Thiago Alcántara. The Spaniard, who first stood against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the squad will travel with to Dortmund, a commitment from the outset, however, does not sound as if Pep says: “Maybe he can play a few minutes. We’ll see, “
statistics. This speaks against a Bayern win
We’ll see – this also applies to Holger Badstuber, who has returned from international duty with a muscle injury in the hip flexors. On Thursday, he trained away from the team. As it is with him? “It’s not bad, not great offense, not a big issue. We want to risk any real injury, “Guardiola said. The prospects for use are extremely low. “He will train again today, I do not know if he mitfährt with us and can play.”
It is clear that the hopes after Robben and Ribery’s failure should not lie solely on the returnees Lahm and Thiago. The two will be the sole responsibility of Pep. “The team has to Philip and Thiago help, not vice versa – after such a long injury lay-off,” Pep said. “We can not expect from them.”
The press conference for future reference
For Guardiola the start to the season final sprint with all the injuries and adversity is not pleasant. He knows that even after the big game against Dortmund the Cup quarter-final with Bayer Leverkusen and the Champions League quarter-finals wait to FC Porto -. The groundbreaking games. “This month is a great challenge. I’m motivated. I know it is not easy, we have many big problems. I have to think to think, speak with the players. We can achieve this, “said Guardiola
But he also pushed behind.” It is my most difficult phase since I’m here. Because it is the most important stage of the season. I never wanted an excuse. In my players, I have a lot of confidence, but you must follow me. “
Whether they do so, we’ll see.
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