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Bundesliga matchday 26 review: Bayern Munich goalkeeper crisis, the race for Europe gets tighter, and a six team relegation fight Matchday 26 in the Bundesliga saw Bayern Munich play with 9 men in the closing stages, and now facing a goalkeeper crisis, the race for Europe get even closer with a big win for Stuttgart, and six relegation candidates now separate by just 4 points. There’s plenty to discuss, so here’s everything you need to know from matchday 26 in the Bundesliga. Bayern Goalkeeper Crisis When your luck is down, sometimes it feels like everything goes wrong.
It feels weird writing this about a club on course for yet another Bundesliga title, but when it comes to Bayern’s current goalkeeping situation, it really is quite extraordinary. Already, Bayern were missing Manuel Neuer and Jonas Urbig through injury and concussion, respectively. During their 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen this weekend , a game which saw Nicolas Jackson and Luis Diaz sent off, their third-choice goalkeeper, Sven Ulreich, also picked up an injury.
On Sunday, the German record champions revealed that Ulreich had indeed suffered a torn muscle fiber in his right adductor and would be out for the foreseeable future. So what happens now? All three senior goalkeepers are injured.
Bayern possess a high aggregate lead over their forthcoming Champions League opponents , meaning the question of who will stand in goal against Atalanta on Wednesday isn’t necessarily the most important question. Urbig may be able to return in time, assuming that he’s recovered from the after-effects of a concussion. On Saturday, 16-year-old German American keeper Leonard Prescott made Vincent Kompany’s squad and sat on the bench at the BayArena.
While not on Bayern’s Champions League squad this past autumn , Prescott is eligible for the UCL knockout phase and also dressed for last week’s Champions League match. The New York City native moved to the Bayern Campus from the Union Berlin academy in 2023. He’s represented Germany seven times at U17 level and below.
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