The Bavarian giants are already guaranteed a closing sixteen vicinity as Group E winners beforehand of Tuesday's healthy at bottom facet Dynamo Kiev.
However, Kimmich, who declined to be vaccinated because of "non-public issues", was quarantined Friday for the second one time this month after touch with a person who tested high-quality.
On Sunday, Bayern confirmed their other unvaccinated players Serge Gnabry, Jamal Musiala, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Michael Cuisance also are in quarantine because of a brand new coronavirus exposure.
Having five players sidelined via their very own choices is an unwelcome distraction earlier than heading to Ukraine.
"It's annoying," said head train Julian Nagelsmann before the weekend, angry that few questions are being fielded approximately soccer as "we seem to handiest be talking approximately the pandemic."
- 'It's no excuse' -
Bayern specially missed Kimmich's midfield presence in Friday's surprise 2-1 defeat at Augsburg as stand-in Marcel Sabitzer struggled, yielding ownership which brought about one of the hosts' desires.
Now Nagelsmann desires to discover appropriate replacements for first-choice stars Kimmich and Gnabry in Kiev.
Defeat in Augsburg meant Bayern completed the weekend with their lead within the Bundesliga slashed to some extent, but Nagelsmann refused to blame Kimmich's enforced absence. "It's no excuse," he said.
Yet Kimmich continues making every day headlines in Germany for all the wrong reasons.
