Harry Kane was injured in the last match against Borussia Dortmund that was played last Saturday. A significant loss for the Bundesliga leader that will be impossible to make up for with all the offensive guarantees that the English forward gives to Bayern Munich, but which forces Vicent Kompany to draw up a specific plan to try to make it as noticeable as possible.
Kane will be out for a few games
Vicent Kompany, coach of Bayern Munich
The plan to replace Harry Kane
“It is always difficult, but I think there is still a chance for him to play this year. But, of course, that means he will be out for a few games,” said Vicent Kompany after the match against Borussia Dortmund and with the hope of being able to recover even before the end of 2024. And they only have five games left against Bayer, Heidenheim, Shaktar, Mainz 05 and RB Leipzig. Therefore, after those words, it was the moment in which he began to outline a possible plan to replace the player who has given Bayern Munich a total of 64 goals in the 64 games he has played in all competitions. A scoring rhythm that is difficult to replace and they know this at Bayern.
Harry Kane leaves the field injured in the Bundesliga match between his Bayern Munich and Borussia DortmundEFE
And they know that well in Munich: “Everyone knows that he can never be replaced from person to person. Neither for the goals, nor for the player. That is why he is a top-level player. We just have to do it in a different way. No there will be a lack of talent, but of course it will be different.” He said while thinking about the options he has, where Thomas Müller stands out above all, who already replaced Kane in the match against Dortmund, although there are other names such as Mathys Tel, who could also enter the eleven for the DFB Pokal match against Bayer Leverkusen.
Müller, Tel, Gnabry, Olise, Coman… I have named almost all of them. Do you understand what I mean by that?
Vicent Kompany, coach of Bayern Munich
In fact, in the press room before the cup clash, Kompany himself acknowledged that he is still making up his mind: “Today we have the last training session. When the games are so close together, these last 24 hours count.” Of course, but more than clues he wanted to talk about all the options and play a little misleading: “Thomas Müller, Mathys Tel, Gnabry, Olise… Coman may not be in this position. Sané, we have options. I have them named almost everyone. Do you understand what I mean by that?” says the coach.
Harry Kane lying on the pitch in the match against Borussia Dortmund.BAYERN MUNICH
Some words that didn’t stop there and he continued saying: “Harry scored 20 goals. You can’t replace that. We have players who are dangerous to score. Thomas has shown it time and time again, Serge, King, Leroy, Michael. Of course, “This helps us solve this situation. Tactically, the way we have played so far, we have enough players who can play that role.” And it was just that last message before a match that will be key to avoiding what happened last year when they lost in the first round in Saarbrücken (1-2).
We are all in football for these moments. I hope the performance lives up to the size of the match!
Vicent Kompany, coach of Bayern Munich
An early final
A duel against Bayer Leverkusen that will be more typical of an early final than a round of 16. The current Bundesliga champion will face the current leader. A big match context that pleases Kompany himself: “I like when these games become big. We are all in football for these moments. When things go well, you have a moment that lasts forever. And when things go bad “They’re not going well. We’re facing last season’s cup winners. I hope the performance lives up to the size of the game!” he concludes.
