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Late call to be made on Kane's participation against Madrid, says Bayern boss Kompany

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Published 4 months ago

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane trained on Monday after recovering from an ankle injury, ⁠but coach Vincent Kompany will make a late decision on his availability for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg ‌at Real Madrid.

[p]The 32-year-old England captain missed his country's 1-0 friendly defeat by ‌Japan last month due to the problem and was also ‌absent for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern[/a]'s 3-2 win at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/freiburg/fiEQZ7C7/"]Freiburg[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kane-harry/v5HSlEAa/"]Kane[/a]'s potential return would be ‌a major boost for Bayern, with the prolific forward having ‌scored 48 goals in 40 appearances across all competitions this season.[/p][p]The six-time European champions will be eager to have him fit as they prepare ‌to face a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real[/a] side who cruised ⁠into the quarter-finals with a ‌dominant 5-1 aggregate victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]Manchester City[/a].[/p][embed guid="15e83987-1e6c-4fcd-a1b9-5261cf59382d" url="https://x.com/FCBayernEN/status/2041228554017403326" social-type="twitter" /][p]"[b]It was important that he did ​a lot of training today. I don't think he's lost his rhythm. We'll wait until tomorrow and then ​decide[/b]," Kompany told reporters on Monday.[/p][p]"Everyone is available apart from (goalkeeper) [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ulreich-sven/8CE8Sho8/"]Sven Ulreich[/a]. We have a strong squad and we're ready ⁠for the two legs."[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bayern-munich-nVp0wiqd/real-madrid-W8mj7MDD/?mid=8QKM2Spd"]Bayern ​arrive in Madrid[/a] in red-hot form, sitting nine points clear at the top of the Bundesliga and having finished second in the Champions League phase, suffering one defeat.[/p][p]Real, meanwhile, are looking to respond ‌after a 2-1 LaLiga loss at relegation-threatened [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mallorca/4jDQxrbf/"]Mallorca[/a] on Saturday.[/p][p]"[b]The most important thing is that we have full focus on the game tomorrow. We want to show what we're capable of. We'll give our all to do that. I just want us to win and not have any fear[/b]," Kompany said.[/p][embed guid="124e33a3-4d43-4a52-ad79-273ba55b541e" url="https://x.com/FCBayernEN/status/2041221619167674484" social-type="twitter" /][p]The former Belgium and City centre back acknowledged the scale of the challenge facing his side but said Bayern are ready.[/p][p]"Everything will ‌matter tomorrow. This is my first time here as a coach, ​but we have a lot of experience in games ‌like this," he said.[/p][p]"[b]The outcome will be decided in part by tactics, but above all by the little things - such as the individual quality of the players. We've prepared for Real and we've seen what they did against City. ⁠It's perhaps the toughest away ⁠game you can play, ‌but we want to win[/b]."[/p]

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