{"id":559213,"date":"2026-04-02T00:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/559213\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:29:09","slug":"bayern-star-kane-unlikely-to-play-vs-freiburg-aiming-for-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/559213\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern star Kane unlikely to play vs. Freiburg, aiming for Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to a report from Sky Germany\u2019s Torben Hoffmann (as captured by <a href=\"http:\/\/Germany\u2019s March 2026 International Break: All Updates\">@iMiaSanMia<\/a>), Bayern Munich star striker Harry Kane will likely sit out against SC Freiburg this weekend in the Bundesliga in an effort to focus on trying to be ready to face Real Madrid in the Champions League next Tuesday:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">The current tendency is that Harry Kane would not play against Freiburg on Saturday. The goal is to get him for the first leg against Real Madrid three days later. Kane is struggling with ankle problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kane picked up this most recent, undisclosed injury while training with the English national team. For the Bavarians, not having Kane against Real Madrid could be lethal. In addition, ff the Englishman misses the SC Freiburg match, his chances of taking down Robert Lewandowski\u2019s Bundesliga goal scoring record could take a big hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kane has 31 goals in the league this season and would 10 in his final six match days to reach the milestone \u2014 a figure that is not unachievable, but also one that will not be easy to get.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If you are looking for more Bayern Munich and German national team coverage, check out the latest episodes of Bavarian Podcast Works, which you can get on <a href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/bavarian-podcast-works1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Acast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5kHW7eDJSF2sGA1O6gKxvB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/bavarian-podcast-works\/id1460036325\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>, or any leading podcast distributor\u2026 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to a report from Sky Germany\u2019s Torben Hoffmann (as captured by @iMiaSanMia), Bayern Munich star striker Harry&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[98703,15988,29497,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-559213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-bayern-munich-injuries","9":"tag-bayern-munich-bundesliga","10":"tag-bayern-munich-champions-league","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}