The big all-clear for Jamal Musiala was still a long time coming the morning after the shocking moment. During FC Bayern's friendly against RB Leipzig (3-1), the international soccer player suddenly fell to the ground shortly before the end of the game last Saturday evening. The emergency doctor, like the doctors from both clubs, immediately rushed to the pitch, where fellow players were gesticulating wildly and calling for help.
After anxious moments in the oppressive mood in the stadium, the tension was relieved when the emergency doctor's thumbs up could be seen. The applause grew even greater when Musiala was able to leave the pitch on his own and walk down the stairs into the catacombs, even though the 23-year-old still appeared dazed.
There was initially no diagnosis from the German record champions. “The most important thing is that he is fine,” said sports director Max Eberl long after the final whistle. Nothing else can be said about anything else. “Of course we keep our fingers crossed,” said captain Manuel Neuer on Magenta TV. What the teammate has or has had remains to be seen. The obvious assumption was that temperatures well over 30 degrees could have had something to do with the heat.
Kane, Olise and Upamecano return
The great concern about Musiala, who is still not back in the form of previous days after his serious leg injury from the previous year, pushed FC Bayern's friendly win against Leipzig into the background. With Ismael Saibari's debut and Nathaniel Brown's debut goal, the German champions deserved to win thanks to goals from Luis Díaz, Brown and Musiala.
A week before the Supercup duel with Borussia Dortmund, the double winner is getting into better and better shape, even without top stars Harry Kane, Michael Olise and Dayot Upamecano. “Every test match has to be taken seriously, no matter which team we are playing against,” said Neuer. “We deserved to win the game today and presented ourselves well.”
Morocco's World Cup star Saibari, who came from PSV Eindhoven for around 50 million euros, appeared for the star ensemble for the first time after recovering from injury in the last 20 minutes. The 25-year-old quickly picked up the yellow card - and shortly afterwards Musialas made it 3-1.
“We have a great mentality, great players - and then a few more come along,” said national player Aleksandar Pavlovic. "Ismael Saibari and Nene Brown are great footballers and great people, they both showed what they can do today. It's fun to play with them."
The people of Munich are now clearly focused on the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup in Dortmund in a week. Before that, a final form check awaits on Tuesday evening at second division club 1. FC Heidenheim. “Now we have to regenerate well and then look forward from game to game, from training to training,” said Pavlovic.
Konrad Laimer has to go down injured
Former Bayern professional and young coach Martin Demichelis would certainly have wanted a different result when he returned to his old place of work as Leipzig coach. But the Argentine was not unhappy. "Today we got three goals, but Bayern have players with so much quality - they simply make goals out of little. Nevertheless, we always stood well and had our chances," said Demichelis. “That’s why we’re going home happy.”
The test match, which suffered from slow pace at 33 degrees and lost the flow of the game after many changes, started early with bad news for the Munich team. After a hard tackle from national defender David Raum, Bayern professional Konrad Laimer limped off the pitch injured.
The Austrian was substituted as a precaution after his leg swelled, said Eberl. Minjae Kim also looked injured when he was substituted after more than an hour. The South Korean left the arena without any visible problems.
