First it was announced that Bayern Munich coach won’t be in the dugout for the Champions League match against Benfica, due to illness, but after further tests, it’s been confirmed: Julian Nagelsmann in Covid-19 positive. This news is also interesting due to the fact that the Bavarians manager is fully vaccinated. This distraction didn’t have any influence on the players thou, as they won 4-0 against Benfica in the 3rd round of the Champions League. 💯Julian Nagelsmann pic.twitter.com/CYzmSLS6Hk— Futboo (@FutbooCom) October 19, 2021 Nagelsmann traveled with the squad, regardless of the cold he had. After arriving in Lisabon, he decided to stay at the hotel, and work from there. “It has a flu-like effect. He didn’t feel like he was coming to the game. Therefore his colleagues will replace him”, sports director Hasan Salihamidzic said at DAZN. (1.20) BAYERN (8.00) HOFFENHEIM (14.0)The Bavarians officially announced his condition on Thursday morning, and stated that Nagelsmann is returning to Munich separately from the team by air ambulance and will self-isolate at home. His assistant Dino Toppmoller, along with Xaver Zembrod and analyst Benjamin Gluck were at the match against Benfica, and led the team to a comfortable victory. Toppmoller revealed that he was in contact with Nagelsmann before kick-off, during half-time and during the second half. “We then watched and discussed a few scenes that our video analyst Benjamin Gluck edited. It was fun in an unusual role. If Julian is not there, it is not that I am the boss and make my own decisions. I didn’t do the big Zampano. I don’t take myself more seriously than I am. I’m just happy that we won the game and that we represented Julian well as the coaching team” said Topmoller. The court said ‘no’ but they remained together and now Bayern defender will go to jailNagelsmann assistant will be prepared to take over in the next game too, against Hoffenheim on Sunday. But he needs to celebrate his victory first: “I think Xaver and I have to make a new start. When you win a game like that, you enjoy doing it. I think Leberkase and a beer are a tradition here in Munich. We have to go through with that“ said Dino.
