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Holders Bayern Munich started with reserve goalkeeper Alexander Nuebel for their Champions League last-16 second leg against Lazio on Wednesday, with club captain Manuel Neuer sidelined by a cold. Nuebel was given only his third start this season, with Bayern holding a 4-1 lead from the first leg. The club world champions, who are bidding to reach the quarter-finals for the ninth time in 10 years, were also missing winger Kingsley Coman, who failed to recover from a leg injury. Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi pulled a surprise with top-scorer Ciro Immobile rested and Vedat Muriqi starting up front alongside Joaquin Correa. In midfield, Argentine Gonzalo Escalante started ahead of Brazilian Lucas Leiva while Adam Mursuic was deployed in a back three. Algeria international Mohamed Fares and Italy's Manuel Lazzari started as the wing-backs. Bayern Munich (4-2-3-1) Alexander Nuebel; Benjamin Pavard, Jerome Boateng, David Alaba, Lucas Hernandez; Leon Goretzka, Joshua Kimmich; Leroy Sane, Thomas Mueller (capt), Serge Gnabry; Robert Lewandowski Coach: Hansi Flick (GER) Lazio (3-5-2) Pepe Reina; Adam Marusic, Francesco Acerbi, Stefan Radu; Manuel Lazzari, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (capt), Gonzalo Escalante, Luis Alberto, Mohamed Fares; Joaquin Correa, Vedat Muriqi Coach: Simone Inzaghi (ITA) Referee: Istvan Kovacs (ROU) ryj/jc
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2021-03-17
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Ciro ImmobileManuel NeuerAlgeria national football teamUEFA Champions LeagueItaly national football teamS.S. LazioRobert LewandowskiArgentina national football teamFC Bayern MunichDefender (association football)2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stageAlexander the GreatSea captainLuis Alberto Lacalle PouThomas the Tank EngineMidfielderAdamAssociation footballItalyRadu NunweillerGonzalo EscalanteMohamed FaresLucas LeivaVedat MuriqiManuel LazzariFrancesco AcerbiSergej TrifunovićPepe ReinaFormation (association football)Lucas HernandezBenjamin PavardCameron JeromeSimone InzaghiKingsley ComanDavid AlabaJoshua KimmichLeon GoretzkaSerge GnabryStefan the First-CrownedReserve teamHans-Dieter Flick

