Last Saturday against Dortmund (3-1) he became new German record champion with his eleventh national title, this weekend Thomas Müller has to play the game of FC Bayern at 1. FSV Mainz 05 (Saturday, 3:30 p.m., live! follow at home.

The national player, who had missed the entire training week because of a cold, will not fly. Müller is only missing for the second time this season after the Coronavirus slowed him down at the end of February. So far, the 32-year-old stood in 30 out of 31 Bundesliga games in the starting eleven (seven goals, 20 assists, German record emergency average 3.05).

Instead of Müller, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting will begin, Nagelsmann, like Marcel Sabitzer, “usually” said a starting eleven. Nevertheless, Robert Lewandowski should also appear. Jamal Musiala, who last in Bielefeld (3-0) and against BVB and had got the last goal, will probably sit on the bench again.

upamecano decision on Friday evening

Nagelsmann still left open whether this also applies to Dayot Upamecano. The French central defender had missed the training week for private reasons and could get a free weekend. The decision is made on Friday evening. Some speaks for Tanguy Nianzou as a fellow man of Lucas Hernandez in central defense.