The squad have left behind the familiar sights of Munich and travelled to Madrid to take on Atletico Madrid in a semi-final first leg tie this Wednesday evening. The 26-year-old striker instead gives the impression he is talking about a brawl in a dark corner of the school playground.
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Lahm and Guardiola are on top happy about the return of defender Jerome Boateng who traveled to Madrid with the team for the Atletico game. Bayern hold a seven-point lead in Germany’s top flight and warmed up for their Madrid mission with a 2-0 win at Hertha Berlin on Saturday as Arturo Vidal and Douglas Costa supplied the goals.
You’ll know things are going well for (your team) if this is happening: Atletico are able to counter.
Diego Simeone’s Atletico will provide Pep Guardiola with an acid test in his third and final year in charge of Bayern before coaching Manchester City. Bayern will face Atletico on Wednesday in Madrid.
“I’ve no doubt his time here will leave an important base, independently of whether we have a fantastic end to the season or not”. There may never have been a more ideal fit in Champions League history. There are different ways of playing, different styles, in football.
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This is Josep Guardiola’s last season at Bayern. Brazilian winger Douglas Costa added another one at the 79th to complete the team’s two-goal performance.
Maybe I’ll play in England or Spain one day but, if I committed to pursuing my career in Munich, it’s because I considered it the ideal club at which to move up a level and to win more trophies. After Bayern failed to reach the final in the last two years after being eliminated by Real Madrid and Barcelona, Guardiola’s last chance comes in 2016. Money Bayern can easily afford as the club in the 2015/2016 Champions League season have already earned almost 100 million euros. Compare their compact, pressing game to the remaining semi-finalists who prefer to play a more expansive brand of football, and it has served Atletico well in winning and reaching the latter stages of tournaments.
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Boosted by their passionate fans, Atletico’s Vicente Calderon stadium is set to offer an intense challenge to Bayern with a place in this year’s final on May 28 in Milan at stake.
