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Munich (AP) - The returnees Thomas Müller and Serge Gnabry sit on the bench at the Bundesliga home game of FC Bayern Munich against 1. FC Köln at the start of the game.
Müller after a corona infection and Gnabry after a torn muscle are back in the squad of the German football champions for the first time since the Club World Cup.
«It always hurts when players fail.
It is important that you keep the players playing, then they are most valuable, ”said Bayern coach Hansi Flick at Sky about Müller's return.
"We are happy that he is back."
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is surprisingly in the starting XI.
Coach Hansi Flick initially leaves Kingsley Coman outside.
In a flexible system, Jamal Musiala should above all play centrally and Choupo-Moting should come from outside.
"It's a position that he has played over and over again in his previous clubs," said Flick of Choupo-Moting.
"He knows exactly how to fill out the position."
After the last two Bundesliga games without a win, Munich want another three.
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At 1. FC Köln, U21 national player Salih Özcan starts in midfield.
In the 100th duel between the two teams in German professional football, Öczan was given preference over Kingsley Ehizibue.
Winter newcomer Max Meyer has to wait for his first appearance right from the start.
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