Lucas Hernández jogged in high spirits on the training lawn the day after his court hearing.

He chatted with gestures with compatriot Kingsley Coman, both laughed a lot in the final session of FC Bayern for the premier class game at Benfica Lisbon.

When returning to the place of the great triumph of 2020, neither the French soccer world champion nor his teammates around the then final hero Coman wanted to be dissuaded by the imminent imprisonment for Hernández from the successful Champions League course.

“He's a thoroughbred professional, he wants to win. He played very well in Leverkusen and will certainly have a very good game in Lisbon too, ”predicted coach Julian Nagelsmann, before he and his stars moved into the accommodation in Portugal's capital, which is sunny and 25 degrees Celsius, after a special flight. “A beautiful city with mostly very good weather and beautiful stadiums. Everyone likes to fly back to Lisbon. "

423 days after Munich's Champions League victory in the Estádio da Luz against Paris Saint Germain, the Bavarians, bursting with self-confidence after the Bundesliga show of power, want to continue at the final location on Wednesday (9 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Champions League and at DAZN) Storm towards the knockout round.

Bayern achieved something “historic” at the time, said Nagelsmann, who himself failed with RB Leipzig shortly before the final.

He remembers an "absolutely shitty semi-final, but also a very, very good quarter-final".

Without Davies and Goretzka

The triple winner of 2020 has to do without Alphonso Davies and Leon Goretzka, who were missing at the start of the final training in Munich when church bells ring at lunchtime.

Goretzka has a cold, Davies has thigh problems.

One does not want to take the risk of a longer failure, said Nagelsmann before an enormous endurance test with six games in 18 days.

On the other hand, Hernández, who was signed by Atlético Madrid for the Bayern record sum of around 80 million euros in 2019, is set for a final for the group victory, which increases the likelihood of a less big name in the round of 16.

"I think he can separate the two very well because he can assess the situation very well," said Nagelsmann.

The defender could give "full throttle".

The quick reunion with Benfica will take place in Munich in two weeks. Will Hernández still be able to play? Open minded. As of now, he will have to begin a six-month prison sentence on October 28 for disregarding the contact ban imposed after a violent row with his future wife. That is why he was in Madrid on Monday, but immediately traveled back to Munich. The appeal is in progress.

After the 5-1 spectacle in Leverkusen, Nagelsmann has to rebuild his defensive line despite the involvement of Hernández.

Benjamin Pavard, who was last red-banned in the league, should join the team instead of Davies.

The Frenchman will defend on the right, the rest of the defensive trio will move one place to the left.

The absence of Goretzka opens up access for Marcel Sabitzer the chance for the starting eleven debut.

Like Nagelsmann and Dayot Upamecano, Sabitzer was there at Leipzig when they won the quarter-finals against Atlético 2-1 - and then failed in the semifinals against Paris 0-3.

"Are we in kindergarten?"

With Bayern, Nagelsmann wants to continue his perfect premier class start record with the third win in the third group game.

"If we have nine points after the game, we have a very good starting position for the intermediate goal," said Nagelsmann.

Benfica, who have never won ten games against Munich, are still unbeaten and without conceding a goal in a draw and a win in the group.

The Lisbon team around the former national player Julian Weigl and 2017 U-21 European champion Odisseas Vlachodimos impresses with their defensive strength.

"It is relatively difficult to score goals against us," said the former 1860 professional Weigl and promised Bayern a "hot fight".

Thomas Müller could be the first German professional to score the 50th goal in Europe's elite league.

In training, after a fun warm-up game, he got himself going with his usual brisk sayings: "I wanted to finally get rid of this joke - the people out there must think we are here in kindergarten."