September 30, 2014
Is skeptical before the game: Pep Guardiola. Photo: REUTERS
The unusual journey of FC Bayern to Moscow. Sporting director Sammer expected nothing less than a win, coach Guardiola puts on with the medical department.
A fire alarm shortly before the witching hour, a ghost game instead of a beautiful night at the ball plus a disgruntled coach: For Bayern Munich would have a little less excitement also done before the match in the Champions League on Tuesday at CSKA Moscow (18 clock CEST / Sky). But as it comes to a game, as have not yet experienced in almost 52 years, in which they participate in European competitions Munich.
The fire alarm, the German football -Rekordmeister startled at night on Monday in his luxurious hotel right on the Red Square, there was the slightest problem. “It was like earlier in the school during a fire alarm that you can quickly leaves the classroom and meets in the schoolyard,” said goalkeeper Manuel Neuer with a grin. After nearly two hours, the excitement was over.
Far more unpleasant is the fact that Bayern his 414th game for the first time must sign out in front of empty stands in a European competition. CSKA, the Russian master, has been condemned because of repeated racist failures of his followers from the Uefa to – and the Munich have to carry it with. “This is a ridiculous situation,” said sporting director Matthias Sammer before unusual game
. No training game
On December 4, 1962, the FC Bayern its home match disputed Fairs Cup against Drumcondra Dublin before the recent negative backdrop of only 2500 visitors, the game on Tuesday, the eighth ghost game in the Champions League, but has a completely different dimension. “I’ve never experienced,” said coach Pep Guardiola, “and I hope this is the last time.” Arjen Robben imagined: “This looks like a training game.”
Therein lies the trick, but those Bavarians are supposedly aware. “We also know that there is no training game, but a Champions League game,” said goalkeeper Neuer. Put it well worth Sammer. “This is a hot area – not from the outside, but on the court,” warned the Sports Board. The circumstances, he stressed, “but not change the fact that we, I would almost say must win if you look at the group.”
In group E, the FC Bayern emphasis Manchester City on Matchday 1: 0 defeated, but also Roma presented by the astounding 5: 1 against CSKA as a serious contender for a place in the knockout stages. “A hell of a group” was the underlined Sammer. And because Moscow is considered to be the weakest opponent, the German record champions will have nothing to give away a few journalists and folders in the otherwise empty arena
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quarrel with the team doctor
Little were helpful in preparing the increasingly noticeable tension between Guardiola and the medical department of the influential club doctor Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, who also cared for the German national team. When a violation of Thiago, the one recommended by Guardiola Spanish doctor had to be treated, it had already come to battle after Müller-Wohlfahrt had pointed out the pitfalls of a cortisone treatment and Thiago injured again. At the weekend, now the coach angry publicly with recognizable swipe at Müller-Wohlfahrt fact that Jerome Boateng “must always leave out”
Boateng was against Cologne. (2: 0) in the second Game has been successively replaced because adductor problems. He must “speak again with the physicians,” Guardiola announced that he could not permanently replace one defender: “defenders usually play through.”. On Monday before the final training in Moscow the coach announced, “All are fit.” (Sid / fr)
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