Bayern Munich are missing three key figures when they travel to Paris Saint-Germain for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.
Vincent Kompany is are without Serge Gnabry , who has been ruled out for the rest of the season and the upcoming World Cup with a thigh problem, while Tom Bischof and Lennart Karl are close to coming back from their respective calf and thigh issues, but this game will come too soon for the pair.
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Gnabry has been in hot form for the Bundesliga side in recent weeks, deployed in a free-roaming No10 position behind lone ranger Harry Kane.
The German had begun to get into his groove before disaster struck before their recent game against Stuttgart, with Gnabry tearing his adductor muscle.
Bischof, who has been playing at left-back for the majority of the campaign, is nearing a return from his calf problem and could be in the frame to feature in the return leg at the Allianz Arena, while Karl, the attacking midfielder, is in a similar boat.
Otherwise, Kompany has gone full strength in Paris.
In goal, Manuel Neuer will be shielded by a centre-back pairing of Dayot Upamecano and Jonathan Tah, while Josip Stanisic and Alphonso Davies get the nod as the two full-backs.
In midfield, Aleksandar Pavlovic, who scored against Real Madrid in the last round, will partner Joshua Kimmich with Jamal Musiala as the No10, and Luis Diaz and Michael Olise will flank Kane in the final third.
Bayern Munich XI: Neuer, Stanisic, Upamecano, Tah, Davies; Kimmich, Pavlovic; Olise, Musiala, Diaz; Kane
Substitutes: Ulreich, Urbig, Minjae, Goretzka, Jackson, H.
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