Unai Emery, coach of Villarreal, bet on a physical and experienced midfield against Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals played tonight at the Estadio de La Cerámica.
Emery was joined by Francis Coquelin in midfield along with Étiene Capoue, Dani Parejo and Giovani Lo Celso at the expense of young Yeremy Pino. The rest of the starting eleven is as expected with Ecuadorian Pervis Estupiñán on the left, while Alfonso Pedraza will wait for his turn on the bench.
Villarreal will try to stand Rulli on goal, Foyth, Ibiol, Pau Torres and Estupiñán on defense; Coquelin, Capoue, Parejo and Lo Celso in midfield, and Gerard Moreno and Danjuma in front.
For his part, Julian Nagelsmann, Bayern coach, starts betting on Neuer on goal, Pavard, Upamecano, Lucas Hernández, Davies; Kimmich and Musiala in the double pivot, Coman, Thomas Müller and Gnabry as midfielders and Lewandowski in the lead.
Davies, low since January, reappeared and Goretzka, replacement
The big news in the Bayern lineup is the return of young Canadian left-back Alphonso Davies, who has not played since the end of December after testing positive for Covid-19 in early January and being diagnosed with myocarditis as a result. of his infection.
Also, Nagelsmann prefers Jamal Musiala to double pivot alongside Kimmich rather than Leon Goretzka, who came minutes after reappearing on Saturday playing an hour against Freiburg in the Bundesliga after a long four months. loss due to hip problems.
Source: La Verdad
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