Julian Nagelsmann (35, FC Bayern Munich) expects a lot from his players in the duel with Borussia Mönchengladbach. © Sven Hoppe/dpa
He captioned the poster for the league leader’s point game on Saturday (3:30 p.m., Sky) with “Also there san mia mia”. “That’s a very good slogan,” he said on Friday afternoon to the only slightly modified “Mia san mia”, with which the series champion expresses his self-image.
The league leaders have not won the last four competitive games against Gladbach. In the first half of the season there was a 1-1 draw in Munich.
At that time there was still an absolutely outstanding Yann Sommer in goal for Borussia. Now the 34-year-old will return to Borussia-Park for the first time as a Bayern player after moving to Munich a month ago.
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Nagelsmann is convinced that Sommer will master the emotional situation: “It’s a special game for him against his ex-club. But he’s not 18 anymore and will deal with it and make a very good game.”
Four days after the Champions League game at Paris Saint-Germain, Munich may be missing Kingsley Coman (26), who had to leave the field after his important winning goal in the Prinzenpark to make it 1-0.
Nagelsmann put a question mark behind the French before the final training session. He also announced that national player Serge Gnabry (27) should play from the start this time. “I assume Serge will play.”