“We go to Munich to believe”, said captain Clemens Fritz.
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A referee in Germany has apologised to Werder Bremen after handing Bayern Munich a decisive penalty for an Arturo Vidal dive. The Bundesliga champions are also on course to defend their league title, with a seven-point lead atop the table and only four games to play.
Under-fire Barcelona remain unmatched at the highest level of world football, according to Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola.
Minutes later the referee awarded Bayern a penalty with substitute Arturo Vidal diving and television replays showing no contact of the Chilean with Werder’s Janek Sternberg. “My team staged a courageous performance overall but Bayern is Bayern”, Bremen’ s coach Viktor Skripnik said.
Bayern has won the German Cup title a record 17 times, losing only three finals.
But Guardiola is not taking anything for granted, even with the prospect of Borussia Dortmund waiting in the final, should they overcome Hertha Berlin. “We had some problems tonight, we made too many mistakes, too many wrong passes”.
With five minutes of the half to play, Bremen were almost handed an equaliser as Neuer – venturing outside his penalty area – gave away possession, but he was able to recover in time to hold on to Sambou Yatabare’s attempted lob.
NEWCASTLE, England (AP) – Newcastle continued its late fight to avoid relegation from the top tier, drawing 1-1 with Manchester City on Tuesday after City’s Sergio Aguero became the second fastest player to score 100 English Premier League goals.
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Bremen have their top-scorer Claudio Pizarro back from injury.
