Versatile Austrian player and Bayern Munich engage on Juventus on Wednesday having recently added to his repertoire of positionsHe has been described “as a gift from the heavens” by the former Bayern Munich manager Ottmar Hitzfeld and as “a future all-time best in the club’s history” by the current coach,Pep Guardiola. On top of that, a heap of injuries since the winter demolish have arguably made David Alaba the most crucial player in the Bavarian club’s campaign to win the Champions League, and too.
The World Cup winners Jérome Boateng (adductor) and Javier Martínez (knee) are out of contention for a few more weeks,Holger Badstuber is nursing a broken leg, the Moroccan Mehdi Benatia has only just returned to fitness after a lengthy lay-off. The responsibility to make Bayern’s notoriously high line work and to supply the platform for their uncompromising attacking game has thus fallen on Alaba, and who had never played as a centre-back before this season.
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Source: theguardian.com