Experience, youth and commitment: Luis Díaz’s Bayern faces key problem in Germany
Bayern Munich celebrated a landslide victory 6-1 in view of Atalanta in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League but he left Italy with news that made people Vincent Kompany in one difficult decision ahead of the Bundesliga match against Bayer Leverkusen, in which Luis Diaz hopes to be a starter.
The triumph in Bergamo left three players injured. Davies he resented, Musiala He also left the field with discomfort and, around the hour, Jonas Urbig had to be assisted by a hard blow to the head.
After this sequence, Urbig was disaffected due to shock and He also could not be part of the practices after the victory in Italyleaving a complicated panorama for the Bayern Munich coach.
Urbig had been the starting goalkeeper due to Neuer’s injurywho had to go out at halftime during the victory against Monchengladbach. The studies determined that he suffered a “mild tear”which left the experienced player out of the Champions League game and with a reserved forecast for the second leg.
So, Kompany is without its two main goalkeepers and he had to plan this next commitment with three goalkeepers who do not usually have shooting, with one experienced and two youth players.
Experience or youth: Ulreich, Prescott and Jannis Bärtl, the three available goalkeepers that Bayern Munich has
Within hours of the match against Leverkusen, Kompany planned his training sessions with the presence of three goalkeepers.
one was Sven Ulreichthe most experienced of the three but who has a big section against him: He has not saved in an official match since September 21, 2024when he was part of the team that beat Werder Bremen 5-0.
Thereafter, Ulreich added minutes in the preseason friendly in January of this 2026. At your 37 yearsthe German He will be the one chosen to occupy the goalkeeper position since he is the “most reliable” among the variants.
“Ulreich is a reliable archerhas played many games in his career. We are not going to put pressure on itis not the center of attention. He has done things well in practice and should show that tomorrow. we have a complete trust in our boys and we want to win tomorrow,” Kompany said in a conference, stating who his goalkeeper will be.
Jannis Bärtl was the ‘middle’ alternative. With 19 yearsthe youth player renewed his contract with Bayern until June 2027 and worked in the minor categories of the Bavarian team.
Born in RegensburgBärtl has just been transferred to Karlsruher SC U19where he competed in a total of 29 official games and reached the final of the German Cup of the category, which he lost to Werder Bremen.
He has more shooting than Ulreich, but he has not yet made his official debut at Bayern Municha factor to take into account.
The third and most played option was to place Leonard Prescotthe giant of 16 years that dazzled, He was already called the “new Neuer” and who has a very interesting physical bearing that can make a difference.
With 1.96 meters tallPrescott already He was part of some training sessions with the Kompany team and drew attention in the German press, which expects a positive process in Bayern Munich just when Neuer is taking his last steps in his professional career.
Prescott did not go beyond adding minutes in the Bayern minors and, in fact, He was only called up once for an official match: the last one, against Atalanta in the Champions League.and with a special situation in the absence of Neuer.
