With the Chelsea FC, they receive the reigning club world champion. At the start of the Champions League, a real location is waiting for Bayern – which will quickly show whether the flawless dream start is actually worth what it promises, or whether there will be a bad awakening from the current reveries.
Kane also pointed out the enormous importance of the opening game. “It is the first game in the Champions League season and we want to start this campaign well,” he said. “I expect a tough game.” After all, Chelsea is “a very good team” that “played a fantastic tournament at the club World Cup”. “But we still have the feeling that we can beat every team that comes to us in the Allianz Arena.”
Chelsea is now becoming a world championship test for Bayern. “I’m really looking forward to the game on Wednesday,” Eberl admitted. “We saw Chelsea all in the club World Cup final against Paris, where they deservedly won for me with their incredible activity that they have shown.” Eberl continues: “I believe that they have not become worse since then, but on the contrary.” So he believes that “a very, very exciting game is waiting for us on Wednesday”.
For Bavaria’s newcomer Nicolas Jackson, who made his debut against the HSV as a substitute, there is a reunion with his ex-club, from which he is loaned to Munich until the end of the season. Will Bayern’s head coach Vincent Kompany take advantage of it to have an absolute chelsea insider in his ranks now?
“I am sure that Vinny and the coaching staff will ask him and use this advantage in quotes,” said Eberl. “There are always any processes that you may not see per se.” As an example, Eberl cited signals in standard situations and their meaning. “It will be a special game for Nicolas,” Eberl is certain, “because of course he is now there and playing against his old club, against his old buddies.”