Niko Kovac may have his hands full and his squad depleted as several last-minute injuries have surfaced on the eve of the game. How can he fill all the gaps?
According to Bild, Lewandowski took a hard knock on his right foot in Bayern’s final training session. Bayern declined to give Bild any official diagnosis. Bild also observed that Lewandowski trained individually in the performance centre on Thursday and had his knee taped in training.
And to top it all off, James Rodriguez apparently will be unavailable as well. James is still suffering from a lingering calf injury. He missed the final training session and worked instead individually in the performance centre.
If both Lewandowski and James are unavailable, Franck Ribery is the obvious person to add to the starting lineup. The most obvious candidates to replace Lewandowski are Thomas Müller and Serge Gnabry. If Kovac goes with Gnabry, Coman could play on the right wing and Ribery could take his usual place on the left.
This game really does promise to be a nail-biter. Here’s our final lineup:
