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BERLIN, July 6-- Carlo Ancelotti, 58, faces a difficult second year at his German club Bayern Munich. Besides the constant obligation to win a major title such as the Champions League, the Italian star coach has to restructure the 2017 league champion' s integrating the club's youngsters and at the same time satisfying the demands of his stars. Many feel Ancelotti has reached his limit. The confidence of the club's management also seems limited as they have appointed a new assistant coach in the 40-year-old former Bayern player Willy Sagnol. His main task is to help Ancelotti put the club's strategy of giving youngsters a chance into force. Bayern president Uli Hoeness and club CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge announced that they would be keeping a close eye on the development of Joshua Kimmich, Renato Sanches, Kingsley Coman, Corentin Tolisso, Serge Gnabry, Niklas Suele and Sebastian Rudy and Ancelotti's willingness to provide playing minutes for them. Fans are eager to see early results as Bayern will start to tour China and Asia on July 16 when they will play Arsenal in Shanghai (July 19), AC Milan in Shenzhen (July 22), Chelsea and Inter Milan (both in Singapore 25/27). Giving Bayern's youngsters the expected support will not be easy as cornerstones such as Thomas Mueller, Jerome Boateng, Robert Lewandowski, Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben want a regular place in the starting eleven. Lately defender Boateng, strikers Lewandowski, Robben, Ribery and Mueller have all made it clear that they are not willing to step aside yet. | 
