Barcelona will play a difficult match against Bayern Munich tomorrow, Wednesday, in which the Catalan team is looking to stay alive until the last breath, after it no longer has its destiny in its hands in the European Champions League
And Barca became required to beat Bayern, as well as for Viktoria Plzen to beat Inter Milan, so that his hopes for the competition would continue until the last round
Barcelona will also serve in the last round to drop the Italian team also during its visit to Munich
In front of an opponent who does not play on anything and is mathematically guaranteed to qualify for the final price as the leader of the group, while Xavi Hernandez’s men will also be required to win their last match in the Czech Republic
Although this match may witness his exclusion from the continental championship, Barca prepared to face Bayern
Regardless of the outcome of the match between Inter Milan and Viktoria Plzen, in the hope of clearing a former debt to his fans
He is looking forward to presenting a good image and defeating Bayern, which has always been a major obstacle in the way of the Catalans
After a humiliating 2-8 loss in the quarter-finals of the Champions League season 2019-2020, Barcelona also fell in three confrontations against the Bavarian team, with zero goals in his favour and eight conceded
The last of those matches was at the Allianz Arena, when they lost by two, but the Blaugrana there were able to break the rule, and at least did not deserve to lose in that match
He scored a 3-3 positive draw at Camp Nou against Inter Milan, which almost eliminated the team’s chances in the Champions
Xavi Hernandez’s battalion, after which they performed poorly at the Santiago Bernabeu against Real, but returned to dazzle in two consecutive matches against Villarreal (3-0) and Athletic Bilbao (4-0)
Barcelona will seek against Bayern tomorrow to record its third victory with a team that still lacks some of its main pillars in defense, such as Ronald Araujo, Sergi Roberto, as well as Andreas Christensen through injury
Memphis Depay is also missing for injury, but midfielder Jaffe, who was unable to finish the Bilbao match due to a bruise, trained today with the team and may participate, unless the coach prefers to put him on the bench
And he may return to the starting lineup, winger Rafinha, who missed the Bilbao match
And the formation of an attacking triangle with Robert Lewandowski and the flamboyant Osman Dembele this period after he scored a goal and made three against coach Ernesto Valverde’s team
As for Bayern, they enter the match after overcoming a simple crisis by not winning four consecutive matches in the Bundesliga by achieving two consecutive victories against Freiburg and Hoffenheim
In the German Cup, he was also able to reach the final price, by sweeping Augsburg 2-5
In the Champions League, Bayern won all its matches so far, and qualified for the round of sixteen, and will only lose the lead in the event of losing its remaining two matches, and Inter won the rest of its matches
Bayern will play the match in the absence of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, defender Lucas Hernandez and winger Leroy Sane
On the other hand, Thomas Muller returned after recovering from his muscle problems, but he may not be in the starting lineup
He may start in the starting lineup of Cameroonian Eric Maxime Choupo-Moting, who has performed well in recent matches
On the other hand, Sadio Mane may sit on the bench
Here is the possible line-up for the two teams
Barcelona
Ter Stegen, Bellerin, Conde, Eric Garcia, Baldi, Busquets, De Jong, Pedri, Rafinha, Dembele, Lewandowski
Bayern
Ulrich, Bavar, Upamecano, De Ligt, Davies, Kimmich, Goretzka, Gnabry, Musiala, Koeman, Chubu-Moting
Source: Kora
