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Robben definitely out, still some hope for Coman

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FCBayernMunchen wrote:

PunkCapitalist wrote:This is pretty interesting. I would have thought it would be the opposite: that larger fields would favor Liverpool's speedsters and smaller fields require more intelligent passing.

I suppose in larger fields they have to run more distance with every counterattack and get tired more quickly. Also a larger field gives us more space to play our own possession game.

Indeed.

Remember 2013 vs Barcelona, we only played pressing in our half and fast counter attack on theirs, same style in both home and away game.
So we just need to cover half-field with 11 players instead of the whole fields, which need a lot of energy.

Also, in the past, Arsenal once dominated EPL by their fast running and 1-touch football in the small High Bury.

This is gonna be ugly. Like really ugly. No Conan, No Kimmich, No Robben. Maybe we’ll draw so we can keep some dignity. I’m really angry at our board. We could have been more prepared and if not than fitness should have been addressed years ago due to the injures that piled up.

Kimmich and Robben are going to be sorely missed...........
I would try Renato as RB

ramsej84 wrote:Kimmich and Robben are going to be sorely missed...........
I would try Renato as RB

Has Renato Sanches even ever played as a RB for Benfica? I know he hasn't for Bayern, just wondering if you'd want him to play in a new position in what would be one of the most important matches of his career.

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MUTU wrote:

ramsej84 wrote:Kimmich and Robben are going to be sorely missed...........
I would try Renato as RB

Has Renato Sanches even ever played as a RB for Benfica? I know he hasn't for Bayern, just wondering if you'd want him to play in a new position in what would be one of the most important matches of his career.

He has not ever played as a fullback in his career, to my knowledge. Maybe in youth teams, I don't know about that for sure.
Closest thing would be a half-dozen matches as a right-sided midfielder or one match as a DM for Swansea. Hahaha.

aterford wrote:

MUTU wrote:

ramsej84 wrote:Kimmich and Robben are going to be sorely missed...........
I would try Renato as RB

Has Renato Sanches even ever played as a RB for Benfica? I know he hasn't for Bayern, just wondering if you'd want him to play in a new position in what would be one of the most important matches of his career.

He has not ever played as a fullback in his career, to my knowledge. Maybe in youth teams, I don't know about that for sure.
Closest thing would be a half-dozen matches as a right-sided midfielder or one match as a DM for Swansea. Hahaha.

So ramsej84, you and Guardiola may share more similarities than you'd like to think

I'm almost certain this will be our starting XI:

Rafinha is a fine right back. No need for experimenting for the sake of it.

Dumbledore7 wrote:Rafinha is a fine right back. No need for experimenting for the sake of it.

This. Seems to me that his best performances have come at LB, but what are you gonna do. No sense in moving Alaba to RB or something like that just to get a maybe better performance from Rafinha.
So...no need to overthink it. Seems many only remember his bad gaffe against Madrid but not that he had played really well for the whole season prior to that...for me he's clearly our best option and nobody else is really close. Anyone else would be every bit as risky and then some or would require a significant tactical/positional change. So yeah - easy choice.

In my opinion, we have 4 candidates in our squad for the right-back position in the absence of Kimmich, 3 of which (Rafinha, Goretzka and Gnabry) have been highlighted in a Bundesliga.com article, with the fourth option being Boateng who has experience playing there despite that being a very long while ago.

The absence of Mueller and Robben combined with the questionable fitness of Coman, however, means that Gnabry is a must-have on the wing.

Realistically, it has to be Rafinha. If not, my money's on Goretzka.