Thomas Tuchel heaped praise on veteran goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and called him "one in 20 million".

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• Tuchel hails 'world class' Neuer
• Praised the player staging epic comeback
• Experienced skiing injury in 2022

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  The Bayern Munich manager hailed the German goalkeeper for staging a remarkable comeback after his injury setback in 2022. Right after Germany's exit from the group stage of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Neuer experienced a freak skiing accident that kept him out of action for 10 months.

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• WHAT THOMAS TUCHEL SAID

  Speaking to reporters, Tuchel said, "A comeback like Neuer's after his broken leg can only be achieved by one in 20,000, one in 20 million players. It's a great gift to be able to experience him like that. Neuer (37) is absolutely world-class in all areas and his comeback cannot be valued highly enough – even in view of all the setbacks he had to suffer on the way back. To be so clear, so open to the whole journey and never to lose conviction… I'm certainly one of the 19,999 who wouldn't have been able to do that. That's just great."

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  The 37-year-old returned to action in October last year and since then has appeared in 17 Bundesliga matches thus far where he managed to keep seven clean sheets. On Friday, Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann named the custodian in the national team squad as they are set to face France and Netherlands in international friendlies later this month.

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  WHAT NEXT FOR BAYERN MUNICH?

  The Bavarian club will play their final game before the international break on Saturday against Darmstadt in the Bundesliga. Interestingly, it was the same opponent against whom Neuer had played his first game for the club since returning from injury on October 28.

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