Bundesliga Champions visit The Santiago bernabeu in their quest to retain the champion’s league trophy.
Kick off : 19:45 BST Santiago Bernabeu,Madrid ,Spain
Bayern Munich have somewhat been unstoppable this season, they
swept aside opposition with ease in the Bundesliga with score of 4 – 0 and 5- 0
on many occasions with their slick passing style ,and were crowned champions of
the German league on march a full month before the end of the season . Bayern have
managed 4 wins and a draw in their last 5 champion’s league away games and
visit Madrid with great confidence in their manager Joseph Guardiola, who knows
how stop the white footballing machine very well. Guardiola football philosophy
is one of ball possession, aggressive pressuring off the ball, and quick pass
and movement. This system paid off well against Real Madrid when he was manager
of then invincible Barcelona team that won him 16 trophies in 4 seasons. Although
he has beaten real in many occasions in the recent years, he was still aware of
the los Blanco’s danger and had the following to say about the game:
"I was unbeaten here but with another
club.”It's always difficult to beat Madrid and we will not do so without
playing extremely well. Player for player they are the most difficult rival we
could have drawn. There is no one in football at the moment with a squad like
Madrid's”
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| Joseph Guardiola Remains Unbeten in Madrid ,and is considerd by many to be the best football manager in the world at the moment |
Real Madrid currently 3rd
on the la liga standings have great hope
in players like Cristiano Ronaldo ,and Gareth
Bale who scored the winning goal against
Barcelona in the Copa Delray final earlier this month. Many doubted the welsh
wizards ability when Madrid paid London based club totenham Spurs 85 million
euros for his services ,but he has managed to convince doubters wrong ,and will
look to further enhance his reputation by putting a good performance in tonight’s
match . Madrid have won the champions league trophy 9 times and have been struggling
to get the 10th trophy for many seasons now and will look to climb a
step closer to the dream by putting away the tournament favorites away tonight
. Ronaldo will be looking to set a new Champions League record of
15 goals for a season, if he is fit enough to play that is, the best player in
the world as some like to call him, has not been fit enough to play 2nd
of April, he will look to make a successful comeback by getting on the goal
scoring sheet tonight when he faces what some call the best team in the world
at the moment.
| Real's hope realies on theses two , the most Expensive players in the world with a combined transfer fee of 170 million dollars |
Injury
news
Bayern
are hopeful that goalkeeper Manuel Neuer will be fit to start after missing the
weekend win over Braunschweig due to a calf injury.Bastian Schweinsteiger and
Javi Martinez are both available after missing the second leg of the
quarter-final win over United through suspension.Left-back David Alaba has
returned to training after sitting out the weekend game due to illness, but
Daniel van Buyten has withdrawn from the squad, and Thiago Alcantara, Diego
Contento and Xherdan Shaqiri are injured.
Real
coach Ancelotti will make a late decision on whether to start Ronaldo, but
insists he will not pick the Portuguese star if he has not fully recovered from
a hamstring injury. Ronaldo has not played any competitive football since
Real's 3-0 quarter-final first-leg win over Borussia Dortmund on April 2, but
returned to full training on Monday.
Gareth
Bale has overcome illness to be available, while Fabio Coentrao will start at
left-back in place of Marcelo, who is not 100 per cent after a hamstring
problem.
Final
Score Prediction
Real Madrid: 2 Bayern Munich: 0
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