Bayern's Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting gestures during a practicing session earlier than the Champions League group E soccer fit between Bayern Munich and Benfica Lisbon in Munich, Germany, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Bayern will face Benfica on Tuesday. (AP photograph/Matthias Schrader)
Bayern's Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting gestures all over a practicing session previous to the Champions League neighborhood E soccer suit between Bayern Munich and Benfica Lisbon in Munich, Germany, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Bayern will face Benfica on Tuesday. (AP photograph/Matthias Schrader)
MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting proven fantastic for the coronavirus, the membership said Wednesday, depriving the team of a constructive backup for Robert Lewandowski.
Choupo-Moting was one of 5 reportedly unvaccinated Bayern players who were already in isolation over close contact with people suspected of having the coronavirus.
"The FC Bayern ahead is self-separating at home in response to the significant fitness authorities and doing smartly beneath the situations," the membership pointed out.
The absence of the Cameroon overseas, along with accidents and a suspension, left Bayern with a skinny squad for its 2-1 win over Dynamo Kyiv in the Champions League neighborhood stage on Tuesday. educate Julian Nagelsmann couldn't rest key avid gamers — with Bayern already through to the knockout tiers — and named most effective 4 outfield substitutes. Nagelsmann additionally had to install midfielder Leon Goretzka as a makeshift center returned late on.
Choupo-Moting is Nagelsmann's favorite backup for Lewandowski, who has performed a full ninety minutes in each of Bayern's ultimate eight video games. Choupo-Moting already needed to isolate once earlier than this month as a contact of teammate Niklas Süle, who returned to training in Munich on Wednesday after his personal positive examine.
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