Shock for Bayern! Manuel Neuer misses the cup final | OneFootball

FC Bayern will have to do without Manuel Neuer in the DFB Cup final against VfB Stuttgart. The 40-year-old will miss the final in Berlin due to injury

According to Sky Sport, the Bayern captain will not make it in time for the final in the Olympic Stadium due to his ongoing calf problems

Jonas Urbig will therefore be in goal for the German record champions on Saturday evening

Neuer does not want to „take any risks“

The problems were already apparent last weekend

In the 5-1 win against 1. FC Köln, Neuer had to be substituted after around an hour. Immediately after the game, the national keeper explained that he had felt discomfort in his calf

„I felt something in my calf and I didn’t want to take any risks now – also because of next week,“ said Neuer on the Sky microphone at the time

It is now clear that the Bayern captain will not be fit in time for the cup final

Neuer also absent from the press conference

The 40-year-old will also not take part in today’s press conference, which will be broadcast live on Sky Sport from 17:30

The Bayern legend will be replaced by Joshua Kimmich and coach Vincent Kompany

According to Sky Sport, Neuer’s healing process is basically progressing very positively, although there is still a certain residual risk

It is precisely this risk that the 2014 world champion does not want to take – also with a view to the upcoming World Cup with the German national team

Urbig gets his big stage

For Jonas Urbig, this means the biggest assignment of his young career to date

The 22-year-old will play his first competitive final match for FC Bayern in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. Urbig is already highly trusted internally and is seen as the long-term successor to Manuel Neuer

Most recently, the keeper was even nominated as an additional training goalkeeper for the World Cup by national coach Julian Nagelsmann

New concerns ahead of the World Cup

However, the renewed calf problems are not only causing concern at FC Bayern

The DFB is also likely to be keeping a close eye on the situation, with Nagelsmann only officially confirming on Thursday that Neuer will be Germany’s number one at the World Cup

Now it remains to be seen how quickly the veteran will be fully fit again

One thing is clear, however: the record champions will have to make do without their long-standing regular goalkeeper in the cup final against VfB Stuttgart.