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Leverkusen (AP) - Bayern coach Hansi Flick tactically justified the replacement of national player Leroy Sané in the top game at Bayer Leverkusen.
“Why the maximum penalty?” Asked Flick after the 2-1 on Saturday evening.
"If we change, we have to do it sensibly."
Sané had initially sat on the bench, came in the 32nd minute for the injured Kingsley Coman and was replaced by Flick in the 68th minute for the 17-year-old Jamal Musiala.
The national player crept into the stands with his head bowed, visibly frustrated.
"There are few I can change when I bring Jamal Musiala," said Flick.
Thomas Müller, Serge Gnabry and Sané.
Müller was indispensable, Gnabry improved enormously in the second half.
"So there was the Leroy option, which I had to take," said Flick.
«He will cope with it, the individual has to stand back a little.
He gets all of our support.
Today we had to react like this because there was no other option. "
Müller praised the 24-year-old in an interview with Sky.
"I have a very good understanding of the game with him and I think it won't be too long before we talk about Leroy Sané very differently," he said.
"It's a tough number to be replaced now, but he'll put up with it and we stand behind him as a team."
Sané is very close, “that this knot opens,” said Müller.
"I'm not worried about that at all."
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Before moving to Munich in the summer, Sané had to recover from a cruciate ligament rupture well into the year, and a capsule injury in his right knee has thrown him back this season.
"I think he will show his qualities in the new year," said world footballer Robert Lewandowski, who scored both Bayern goals on Saturday.
“He knows himself that he can benefit from the short break.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for him, he's a great boy and a great player. "
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