This Friday, Bayern Munich will open matchday 15 of the Bundesliga by hosting RB Leipzig at the Allianz Arena. This will be the last game of the year for the Bavarian team, which will feature the return of its great figure, Harry Kane, after a three week vacation.
The English scorer had to retire on November 30 at half time in the De Klassiker game between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich (1-1) due to a small muscle tear on the back of the right thigh
Without Kane, first league KO and goodbye to DFB Pokal
In his absence the team Vincent Kompany managed to draw with Dortmund (when they retired they lost 1-0), then they beat Heidenheim (4-2) but Last Saturday they suffered their first Bundesliga defeat in a visit to Mainz (2-1) and their lead was reduced to 4 points. RB Leipzig, fourth, are 6 off the lead.
Furthermore, without Kane, Bayern too They were eliminated in the round of 16 of the DFB Pokal against Bayer Leverkusen in Munich (0-1). In the Champions League, on the other hand, Bayern defeated Shakhtar Donetsk (1-5).
Kompany: “He is irreplaceable”
“I’m not going to say if he’s going to be a starter or not.“The last training session is important,” Kompany said today ahead of the preparation session “But if everything goes well, he will definitely have a role to play tomorrow.
“We have already said that we cannot replace Harry Kane. He has an incredible sense of where he should be in the place. He’s one of the best in the world in that area, that’s where he makes the difference. “There aren’t many players who can do that,” Kompany highlighted of the English striker, who has now returned to training with the group for the first time since his injury.
Top scorer in the Bundesliga last season, his first at Bayern, with 36 goals and 44 in all competitions, Kane continues to lead the scoring table of the German championship, despite his three weeks out, with 14 goals, one more than the Egyptian Omar Marmush (Eintracht Frankfurt).
Apart from Kane, they have also returned to training Alphonso Davies, Kane and Josip Stanisic, while Kompany also hopes to bounce back Joao Palhinha, Serge Gnabry and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, They all also lost against Mainz, in the three-week Bundesliga break that starts on Sunday.
Source: La Verdad
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