Pep Guardiola’s controversial first eleven choices
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The Bayern Munich faithful were left scratching their head a little bit when the team sheets were announced for the game. By the time the game ended, there was anger in some sections of the following as the fans questioned Pep’s rationale behind leaving some of his best players on the bench in such a crucial game.
Frank Ribery, who has enjoyed good form since returning to the Bayern Munich setup from a long-standing injury, was not preferred to Kingsley Coman who has had a bit of a breakaway season of sorts.
What was even more surprising was the fact that Thomas Muller, scorer of 8 goals in the UEFA Champions League for Bayern Munich this season was also left on the bench. Neither had any great impact off the bench but may have been able to impact the game differently had they started.
Later, when questioned about his choices, Pep Guardiola defended his selection by saying that the reason why he made those choices was because he wanted his right winger and left winger to be right and left footed respectively whereas they also needed an extra man in midfield.
While no one will begrudge Pep the choice he made for too long, you cannot help but feel the game would’ve gone a little differently had the choices been different.
