Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola has told reporters before the game that he doesn’t consider the matches against Real anything special and is purely focusing on getting his team ready for the upcoming season. Despite winning consecutive league titles since his move from Borussia Dortmund, Gotze’s career in Bavaria has been far from successful on the pitch. Earlier this summer, Lewandowski made the headlines for firing three goals in four minutes for Poland during Euro 2016 qualifying.
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After a 2-0 defeat to Real Madrid Tuesday, Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino would have wanted his side to finish pre-season on a high and it saw off the fallen Italian giant with relative ease at the Allianz Arena.
In the last match between the sides, Madrid defeated Munich by 4-0 as Sergio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo both scored a brace each.
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The former Spain global has often spoken about the role Guardiola played in his decision to leave the Santiago Bernabeu for the Allianz Arena.
“Bale will play, he’s a huge player for us”, Benitez confirmed.
“We’re pleased with our work in defence, but we lacked something going forward and it was hard to withstand the pace they set throughout the game”, commented the Real Madrid coach. The first one was in 2009 and hosts Bayern Munich were the ones to win it. The second one, in 2011, was won by Spain’s FC Barcelona.
He said: “I think it would have to be a very high offer, definitely higher than £35m for Bayern to consider selling”.
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Vidal was unlucky not to score his debut Bayern Munich goal, a looping header bouncing off the crossbar, while another of the Chilean’s headers whistled wide from a corner. Also, Lewandowski, Thomas Muller, David Alaba, Xabi Alonso, Medhi Benatia and Manuel Neuer will all likely come into consideration for Guardiola’s starting XI, given that none of them started Tuesday’s game.
