Who’ll win the Champions League?
Manchester City, led by Pep Guardiola, are the favourites. Paris remains a strong contender with Messi, Mbappé and Neymar. However, nobody in Europe is talking about FC Bayern at the moment…
Reason: a fight in Bochum (2: 4) and mixed results against Fürth (4: 1), Frankfurt (1: 0) and Leverkusen (1: 1) – as well as a 1: 1 in the round of 16 first legs in Salzburg.
Will we see Super FC Bayern Munich in the second leg against the Austrians today? Like in the group stage with six wins in six games?
“Of course it’s a big game,” says Julian Nagelsmann (34). It’s not a special season if it doesn’t end happily. It is unnecessary to be ambiguous. That is the case at Bayern Munich and I can confirm that.”
It’s not enough to win the title for the tenth time in a row. Munich failed in October by Gladbach with 0:5 from the DFB-Pokal! In Europe, reaching the semi-finals of the top flight is a minimum goal.
“We have the pressure,” says Thomas Müller (32). We must and want to move forward! It is also clear that if we are eliminated in the round of 16, things will not go uphill.”
The knockout round, on the other hand, appeals to Müller: “We’ve been able to win something for a long time that everyone can see! We’re under pressure in this game that we haven’t felt in a few weeks because the Bundesliga isn’t particularly tight. The season can be extremely good if we reach our goal and make progress.”
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Two pieces of good news should help today:
Manuel Neuer (35) returned to goal just four weeks after his medial meniscus operation on his right knee. Only three meetings with the team later… “If there is no reaction in the knee overnight,” Nagelsmann said the day before, “Manu will be able to play.” We’re all very happy about that!”
Photo: Getty ImagesSаné in training on Monday with a header
Leroy Sané (26), who has been on the bench so far, should find his way back into the starting XI. “From now on, when I line up, he would start!” says Nagelsmann. We demand that he be in the best of health. Despite his goal in Frankfurt, Sané was initially benched against Eintracht and despite his goal also against Leverkusen. His starting eleven is now back on the field.
The Bayern stars are primarily concerned with uncovering their defense weaknesses.
“We make problems with unforced mistakes in tennis,” says Thomas Müller (32). Weigh the risk so we don’t make too many mistakes. We have to work on that.”
Bayern would set a new record with 20 participations if they made it into the quarter-finals.
Salzburg has had 17 corona cases since the previous week. All the stars have reappeared. “Salzburg has strengths that can harm any team,” warns Müller, citing DFB striker Kаrim Adeyemi (20) as an example. Dortmund are interested in signing him for the upcoming season…
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