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Kompany: I originally wanted to change into Jackson early, but Stan s injury disrupted my plan

1:45am, 20 September 2025【Football】

Hupu September 18th Before the showdown between Bayern Munich and Chelsea, there was a hot topic: Bayern Munich's new loan player Nicholas Jackson must play against his old club Chelsea in his first Champions League match against Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompani and Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca have both considered whether Jackson, who has high fighting spirit, will give Bayern Munich an advantage. In the end, the answer is no - because Jackson only played for a few minutes at the end of the game...

Jackson did not play for the second time in the bench Harry Kane until the 91st minute - although Bayern Munich had been leading 3-1 for some time before. The Senegalese are certainly dissatisfied with this - but there is an understandable reason behind this: Josep Stanisic is injured!

Because although each team has five substitution opportunities, they only have three substitution periods in a game. Kompany has used substitution opportunities in the two substitutions of Stanisic/Boe and Pavlovic/Gretzka. He doesn't want to use the third substitution period too early: "Stany is injured, I missed one substitution opportunity. And I originally planned to let Gretzka play at some point just to restore the team's strength. These two factors are top priority. This is why Jackson was not allowed to be replaced before. We need to keep the last substitution opportunity in case something else happens. But Nicholas is also happy for the team."

Jackson, who was sitting on the bench, seemed a little frustrated for a moment. But at the moment of celebrating the victory, Jackson and Serge Gnabry joked, and the two hugged each other.