Absent from Champions League / New blow: Manuel Neuer's bad run continues

Vincent Kompany, Bayern Munich head coach, confirmed that Manuel Neuer will miss Tuesday's UEFA Champions League match against Viking due to discomfort in his foot.

The absence comes just three days after Neuer's uncharacteristic mistakes in the 2-2 draw against Augsburg, but Kompany stressed that the decision was purely precautionary and they did not intend to take any unnecessary risks.

In this way, 23-year-old Jonas Orbig will be in Bayern's starting line-up and will play his third game of the season. The goalkeeper, who joined Bayern last year from Cologne, is considered one of the options to replace Neuer in the future and recently played his first international game for Germany.

Kompany said about Neuer's condition: "He can't train today and he feels uncomfortable in his leg. When neither yesterday nor today was able to train, it is not reasonable to take risks. I don't want to call it an injury, but until his condition improves and he is not 100% ready, we should not take any risks."

The head coach of Bayern also emphasized about Orbig that since his joining, the club has tried to develop him according to the plan and has given him the minutes of the desired game.

Bayern have started the new Champions League season with a decisive 5-0 victory against another representative of Norway, Budo Glimt. The company is also not particularly worried about playing on the artificial turf of Viking Stadium in Stavanger. In the end, he said: "This issue is not a big problem for us. We came here early to make the necessary preparations. "Tomorrow everything will only be about football."