FC Bayern can throw FC Barcelona with star striker Robert Lewandowski out of the Champions League. The Munich team definitely want to win the group and have “nothing to give away.”
Oliver Kahn is looking forward to a “big game” on Wednesday (9 p.m./live ticker and audio live stream on sportschau.de) at the Camp Nou and, having already made it into the Champions League round of 16, focused on the next one Goal – the group victory. “We have nothing to give away in Barcelona. The team wants to stay in this flow”, said the Bayern boss to continue the winning streak that had started.
Nagelsmann wants to “send signals”
This is also what coach Julian Nagelsmann demands. “If you want to play for the Champions League title, you shouldn’t allow yourself too many weaknesses,” said the Munich coach on Tuesday evening in Barcelona. “It’s always about sending a signal both internally and externally. Tomorrow is another chance to send a signal.”
If Inter wins, Barça is out – even before kick-off
Normally, it is already clear at the start that Robert Lewandowski and Barça will have to leave his favorite stage, the Champions League, after the group stage. If Inter Milan wins the home game against Viktoria Pilsen, which takes place at 6.45 p.m., Bayern will need a three-pointer for the returnee Barcelona expert Thomas Müller (eight goals in eight games against Barça) to secure the group win they are aiming for. And Lewandowski would have been eliminated and would have to be relegated to the Europa League with the Catalan ensemble, which was pimped up for around 150 million euros in the summer.
Kahn: “It has to catch one”
Bayern’s defense chief Matthijs de Ligt expects a “big game”, as he emphasized the night before in the team hotel. “I think it’s very important that we finish first in our group – and for that we have to win.”
Kahn emphasized that this scenario and Lewandowski’s exit would mean “certainly no satisfaction” for him. “It’s the strongest group. It has to get one,” noted Kahn.
Source: BR24
10/26/2022 – 9:00 p.m
