Former Bayern Munich manager and current German national team head coach Julian Nagelsmann understands his team will be a heavy favorite vs. Luxembourg , but do not expect the coach to have a milestone
for goals that he wants to see his team achieve.
“I’ve never gone into a game saying we have to win by a big margin. That’s rarely beneficial. It’s also not good for the motivation of my own team,” said Nagelsmann (as captured by @iMiaSanMia).
Nagelsmann will have both Nick Woltemade and Nico Schlotterbeck in the fold, though Nagelsmann did not commit to how much either player would be on the field. Woltemade was battling the flu earlier this week and Schlotterbeck is just coming off of a long-term injury.
“After an infection, we always have to wait and see. We’ll see tomorrow morning. (Woltemade) felt well in training. As of today, he could start. We have to wait tonight and then make a decision during the course of tomorrow,” Nagelsmann said. “I haven’t decided yet whether (Schlotterbeck will) start. That could well be the case. But I’m aware that he won’t play the full 90 minutes twice.”
Given that neither Luxembourg nor Northern Ireland will exactly be a juggernaut, Nagelsmann should have some flexibility with this lineups. Hopefully, the squad does not experience any injury setbacks over the course of these two matches.
Bayern Munich’s news cycle is off the charts even during this international break. That said, we have some intertwining news to discuss between club and country, plus some other interesting topics on the agenda. Check out what we have on the latest edition of the Bavarian Podcast Works — Weekend Warm-up Show:
- Is the only thing standing between a return to the German national team for Manuel Neuer, pride? Is it a longstanding beef with Julian Nagelsmann? Let’s discuss.
- Bayern Munich to play Bundesliga games outside of Germany? That does not seem like it would go over well.
- Some news odds and ends — FC Barcelona still owes Bayern Munich 20M for Robert Lewandowski. Daniel Peretz to terminate his loan with Hamburger SV? Bayern Munich confident with Michael Olise. Kingsley Coman blames Max Eberl for his exit.
- Reviewing HBO’s Task.
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