Bayern coach Nagelsmann back after 4 games out with virus

By: The Associated Press Posted: 8:52 AM CDT Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 Last Modified: 10:48 AM CDT Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021

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MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann will return to the bench against Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday after missing four games with the coronavirus.

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MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann will return to the bench against Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday after missing four games with the coronavirus.

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MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann will return to the bench against Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday after missing four games with the coronavirus.

Bayern said Nagelsmann took charge of a training session on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after he had to step aside hours before the team’s last Champions League game. Bayern initially cited a “flu-like infection” and said a day later that Nagelsmann tested positive for the coronavirus.

Bayern won that game at Benfica 4-0 and a draw in the return match will be enough to secure a place in the knockout stages.

This Oct. 19, 2021 taken photo shows Julian Nagelsmann, head coach of German soccer club Bayern Munich during a training session for the Champions League group E soccer match between Benfica and Bayern Munich. Nagelsmann has tested positive for the coronavirus despite being fully vaccinated. He will return to Munich separately from the team by ambulance plane and will be placed in domestic isolation. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Assistant coach Dino Toppmöller took charge in the meantime, with Nagelsmann sending tactical instructions remotely. The coach’s absence coincided with Bayern’s worst loss since 1978 when the team was beaten 5-0 last week in the German Cup at Borussia Mönchengladbach. Bayern won its other three games without Nagelsmann.

At the time Nagelsmann tested positive, Bayern said he was fully vaccinated. Nagelsmann said that he was “doing fine under the circumstances.”