Bayern Munich will welcome Robert Lewandowski‘s Barcelona to the Allianz Enviornment on Tuesday, hoping to jolt themselves out of a poor run of Bundesliga type. Regardless of Wednesday’s spectacular 2-0 win at Inter Milan, Bayern have drawn three video games in a row and sit within the unfamiliar place of third place after six matches. Whereas Bayern haven’t struggled to seek out the again of the web this season with 31 targets in 9 video games, they’ve missed Lewandowski’s penetration at essential moments in current weeks.
Lewandowski has had a dominant begin to life in Spain, scoring six instances in 5 La Liga matches for Barcelona to sit down in his regular spot atop the goalscoring charts.
With 4 wins and a draw, Barcelona are unbeaten within the league and sit second behind Actual Madrid.
Within the Champions League, Lewandowski opened his account with a hat-trick in Barcelona’s 5-1 house win towards Viktoria Plzen.
Talking instantly after their 2-2 house draw with Stuttgart on Saturday, Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic stated his workforce knew higher than most the sort of injury Lewandowski might inflict.
“Now we have been warned,” Salihamidzic stated about his former striker’s type for his new membership.
– ‘He makes use of each alternative’ –
Bayern have a powerful current Champions League report towards Barcelona, with two 3-0 wins final season together with an 8-2 quarter-final thumping on the way in which to successful the 2020 title.
The six-time European champions are nevertheless totally conscious that this Barcelona aspect is stronger than a number of the current incarnations.
“Apprehensive? I do not know (about that),” Salihamidzic stated on Saturday when requested if his aspect had been fearful forward of Barca’s go to.
“Now we have to shift up two gears, even three towards Barcelona.
“Barcelona have prime gamers, play good soccer (and) ‘Lewa’ is up entrance, he makes use of each alternative.”
Supervisor Julian Nagelsmann stated his aspect’s Bundesliga type is not going to change the preparation for Tuesday’s recreation.
“I strategy the week the way in which I might have carried out it if we had gained,” Nagelsmann stated on Saturday.
“We’re making an attempt to provide you with a good suggestion for Barcelona, which can be tough.
“I might have carried out the identical factor if we had gained 4-0 as we speak.”
After his aspect’s 2-0 win over Inter, Nagelsmann stated his aspect had been “trying ahead” to taking up the person who scored 344 targets in 375 Bayern appearances.
“I’m trying ahead to it (the reunion with Lewandowski). Not a lot as an opponent as a result of he is very harmful, however as an individual I can be happy to see him.”
Nagelsmann stated he hoped followers would welcome Lewandowski again warmly, regardless of the acrimonious nature of his departure.
“I hope the followers will honour that too, no matter how issues had been along with his departure.”
Bayern ahead Thomas Mueller, who stated he was “mad at ourselves for the primary time this season” after the draw with Stuttgart, stated he was blissful for the main target to shift away from his aspect’s home issues.
“We’re actually trying ahead to the duel – not simply due to Robert,” Mueller stated.
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“It is a assembly on the summit within the group.”
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