In Madrid, Bayern looked the stronger side, but got off to a horrendous start. Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir was called for a penalty for what looked to be fairly incidental contact with her elbow as she jostled with an attacker in the box, and the visitors found themselves in a hole inside of 15 minutes as a result. The fight-back was there, though, and though the half ended 1-0 it eventually paid dividends.
He's been standing on the sidelines at training quite a few times. He doesn't want to keep away and just do his own thing and complete his rehab alone, but instead he wants to be with the team. You notice this as a player and as a captain, and he's very keen to be back in team training, as is the case with Alphonso [Davies]. He's starting to be reintegrated and I think they will both be there in the coming days and weeks.
This time, it's exciting campus prospect Adin Ličina, who is having quite the season thus far, with 2 goals and 6 assists in 20 appearances in all competitions for FC Bayern II. A right winger by trade, the versatile attacker has also played as an attacking midfielder and a left winger at times, showcasing his versatility across the front line.
Bayern Munich is back in Frauen-Bundesliga action following an international break that saw Germany fall 3-0 on aggregate over two legs to Spain in the Women's Nations League Final. FC Bayern have run rampant in the league this season and sit in first place with cushion, although their opponents, Eintracht Frankfurt, are putting in one of the stronger campaigns among the rest of the field and currently sit in fifth, having only played 10 matches to Bayern's 11.
It hasn't been an easy ride for keeper Daniel Peretz ever since he was signed by Bayern Munich from Maccabi Tel Aviv in the summer of 2023. He has also been on loan at Hamburg SV this season, where he has struggled to get regular minutes behind keeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes, who is favored by manager Merlin Polzin. Essentially, the whole idea of Peretz's loan spell with HSV has collapsed on itself as the whole point was for him
This came after UEFA took an unusually long time to decide how long Diaz would be suspended for in the first place. The Colombian already sat out the game against Arsenal - a game Bayern ended up losing 3-1. The team's next Champions League game is on Tuesday, and if no response had come by then, Diaz will have to serve a minimum of two games banned.