Bayern Munich: Four things to watch out against Freiburg

More chances for Bayern Munich youth players

One of the key reasons behind Flick’s success with Bayern this season has been consistency in his team selection since November. Die Roten has suffered massive injury blows this year, but Flick found a consistent team and continued to select the same group of players when others returned from injuries.

Apart from this aspect of his management, Flick has also shown faith in young players. Joshua Zirkzee’s success this year has been down to Flick’s brave approach of selecting young players in crucial situations of the season. The young players have responded strongly to Flick’s faith in them.

With the title in the bag already, Flick has the right opportunity to give some young players a taste of the first-team action. The senior players have looked fatigued in the past few games due to lack of rest, so Flick has no reason to hand starts to young players.

Zirkzee has done well whenever he has been called upon in the absence of Lewandowski. It will be interesting to see the Dutchman play together with the Polish striker. Along with Zirkzee, the likes of Sarpreet Singh and Leon Dajaku should also be in the reckoning for Saturday’s game. Chris Richards was on the bench against Bremen, so he could also be in line to get some minutes on the pitch. These two games will be a great experience for these players and aide their development.