{"id":84677,"date":"2026-03-17T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/keeper-prescott-16-is-an-option-against-atalanta-says-bayern-coach-kompany\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T08:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:03:00","slug":"keeper-prescott-16-is-an-option-against-atalanta-says-bayern-coach-kompany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=84677","title":{"rendered":"Keeper Prescott, 16, is an option against Atalanta, says Bayern coach Kompany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n    <span class=\"hidden-title\" style=\"display:none\">Keeper Prescott, 16, is an option against Atalanta, says Bayern coach Kompany<\/span><br \/>\n    <span class=\"hidden-url\" style=\"display:none\">\/node\/2636739\/sport<\/span><\/p>\n<article itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Article\" class=\"entry-article\">\n<div class=\"grid-x entry-article-inner align-center\" data-nid=\"2636739\">\n<div class=\"cell large-shrink\">\n<div class=\"entry-aside-info stick-aside-info show-for-large\">\n<p>\n                      Updated 17 March 2026                    <\/p>\n<p>\n                        <time>March 17, 2026<span> 23:55<\/span><\/time>                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"cell large-auto\">\n<div class=\"printable-area shareable\">\n<p><h2>Keeper Prescott, 16, is an option against Atalanta, says Bayern coach Kompany<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-area show-for-printable-area\">\n                                            <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-highlight\">\n<ul>\n<li>Prescott plays for the Under-19s and had to get special clearance to work in the evening as a teenager<\/li>\n<li>\u201cJonas trained normally today. The decision tomorrow will be a medical one,\u2019 Kompany told a press conference<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta hide-for-large no-print\">\n<p>\n                          Updated 17 March 2026                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Reuters                         <\/p>\n<p>\n                            <time>March 17, 2026<span> 23:55<\/span><\/time>                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2636739\/sport\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>\n\tMUNICH: Bayern Munich could give 16-year-old keeper Leonard Prescott his debut in their Champions League round of 16 return leg against visitors Atalanta should Jonas Urbig fail to recover from a concussion, coach Vincent Kompany said on Tuesday.<br \/>Prescott, a Germany youth international, plays for the Under-19s and had to get special clearance to work in the evening as a teenager ahead of a potential start on Wednesday.<br \/>He is the only option \u2060should Urbig, who \u2060picked up a concussion in Bayern\u2019s 6-1 first leg win in Italy last week, not be fit.<br \/>\u201cJonas trained normally today. The decision tomorrow will be a medical one,\u2019 Kompany told a press conference. \u201cIf everything goes well then Urbig will be in goal. If not then we will have \u2060to find another solution.<br \/>\u201cHe (Prescott) is very calm. Overall, we as a staff are also calm. If he plays tomorrow he will have our full backing. Everyone will help. There will never be a young player who will be forced to play a main role,\u201d Kompany said. \u201cWe have full confidence in him whatever happens tomorrow.\u201d Bayern are without first-choice keeper Manuel Neuer, who is working toward a comeback but is not fit yet. Third-choice keeper Sven Ulreich joined Neuer \u2060and Urbig \u2060on the injury list after picking up an adductor muscle problem in Saturday\u2019s 1-1 Bundesliga draw at Bayer Leverkusen.<br \/>The Bavarians have no plans to play it safe despite their big advantage in the tie.<br \/>\u201cYou cannot allow too much. We made such an effort to build up the momentum we have,\u201d Kompany said. \u201cThis is not a friendly match&#8230; and if it is not about the result, it is about performance.\u201d<br \/>Atalanta or Bayern, who lead the Bundesliga title race and are through to the German Cup last four, will face Real Madrid or Manchester City in the last eight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                       <!-- \n                        \n\n<div id=\"POSTQUARE_WIDGET_122392\"><\/div>\n\n -->\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2636739\/sport\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeper Prescott, 16, is an option against Atalanta, says Bayern coach Kompany \/node\/2636739\/sport Updated 17 March&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9689,5146,356,9686,9690,9688,9687],"class_list":["post-84677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-atalanta","tag-bayern","tag-coach","tag-keeper","tag-kompany","tag-option","tag-prescott"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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