Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui kick off on Saturday afternoon on behalf of Bayern Munich in the league match against VfB Stuttgart. The starting position for the right back is especially remarkable, since trainer Julian Nagelsmann did not call on him very often and there was already internal criticism of Mazraoui’s attitude. Ryan Gravenberch is sitting on the couch.
It should come as no surprise that De Ligt is in the starting line-up. The mandekker from Abcoude is a fixed value in the Bayern team and will also get the chance again on Saturday afternoon in the home game against Stuttgart. He is flanked at the heart of the Bavarian defense by Dayot Upamecano, while Alphonso Davies serves as the left-back. On the right side of the defense Mazraoui gets another chance. Benjamin Pavard has to watch from the reserve bench.
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In the midfield there is no room for Gravenberch and Nagelsmann already announced that. He had nice words for the midfielder who came over from Ajax and promised him playing time soon, but also said that Leon Goretzka would be preferred against Stuttgart. That has happened: the strong midfielder is in the axis of the field together with Joshua Kimmich and Thomas Müller. Serge Gnabry, Mathys Tel, Jamal Musiala and keeper Manuel Neuer complete the starting eleven.
In addition to Pavard and Gravenberch, players such as Leroy Sané, Sadio Mané and Lucas Hernández are also on the reserve bench. It therefore seems that Bayern will be in a different formation next week, when it plays in the Champions League against Barcelona. Last midweek the millions ball was passed Der Rekordmeister started with a 0-2 win over Internazionale. Bayern are third in the Bundesliga with eleven out of five.
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