Bayern Munich is already preparing the game against him FC Barcelona of these quarterfinals of the Champions League. The Germans come to the clash as favorites to win this Champions League, but they will face an uncomfortable opponent who is entrusted to defensive solidity and Leo Messi. The culés know that they are not in his best moment, but they trust in showing the face before the Germans and show that they can win this European Cup.
However, ahead will be a Bavarian team that has everything to win seeing the level at which they have played throughout 2020. Hans-Dieter Flick’s men They are very fit in football terms, but they also seem to be at their peak physically, as they demonstrated against Chelsea. These aspects give him a certain dose of favoritism against a Barça that does not arrive at its best moment of play nor does it have excess gasoline.
In addition, the Catalans will have the bad luck that Bayern will recover two of the three injuries they had after their confrontation against Chelsea. Benjamin Pavard and Kingsley Coman could not play against the ‘blues’ due to injury, while Jerome Boateng ended up touched the crash. In the absence of a few days for the rooms, the Munich coach has recovered both Coman and the central defender, which may be from the game.
Pavard is the only casualty that Baviera will have against Barcelona, so Flick seems to be quite clear about the eleven he will take out this Friday. Everything indicates that the coach will repeat with Joshua Kimmich on the right-hand side to replace the French, as he did against Chelsea. The German is a fixture in midfield, but he has played for years in the right lane and is the best alternative he has. Odriozola is another option, but he has barely counted since he arrived in January and he is not going to risk with him.
With Kimmich’s presence almost assured, the rest of the defense would be made up of the recovered Boateng and David Alaba in the center, and Alphonso Davies on the left. On the other hand, Thiago Alcántara will enter the midfield replacing Kimmich to form double pivot with Leon Goretzka. Thomas Müller will play as the midfielder, while Coman and Serge Gnabry will be on the wing. Ivan Perisic could enter for the Frenchman if Flick does not see him at the top, although the normal thing is that the ex of the Juventus of Turin arrives at a good level to the meeting.
Lewandowski will be the great reference of Bayern
Needless to say Robert Lewandowski will complete the eleven and will be Bayern’s top reference against Barça. The Pole is at an impressive level, scoring 53 goals this season in 44 games in total. It will be the greatest danger for the Germans and the Barcelona defense will have to tie him up very short. In short, if something strange does not happen, those from Munich will form like this: Neuer; Pavard, Boateng, Alaba, Davies; Kimmich, Goretzka; Gnabry, Müller, Coman, and Lewandowski.
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