Date:- 7 May 2015
Venue:- Camp Nou
Time:- 00:15 IST
Pep returning to nou camp will be really a great sight to see since he was the manager who was on the throne when he was the manager of FC Barcelona giving the team heck amount of win percentage and trophies. Barcelona have never beaten Bayern in any competition without the help of Pep, be it player or a manager.
The MSN trio is devastating netting 108 times and assisting 49 times this season.
The two best sides of different parts of Europe clashing for the title of UEFA Champions league will be an extremely exciting sight to see. The talented Luis Enrique for FC Barcelona and intellectual Pep Guardiola for FC Bayern Münchën, both having a splendid history at Camp Nou will be playing tactical chess on the pitch.
Not letting go of the memory of the loss faced by Barcelona at this stage 2 years ago where aggregate was 7-0, so Barcelona would be looking for revenge from the German club.
Team news - Barcelona are in near perfect health only without Jeremy Mathieu who has sore Achilles' tendon. But the biggest woe for Bayern is that Arjen Robben, Holger Badstuber, David Alaba, Franck Ribery, Sebastian Rode are all out due to injuries of varied kinds. Being facing injuries against Dortmund last week, Lewandowski is still in the line-up.
"We aren't going into this as a game against Pep", Enrique said in his pre-match press conference. "He is number one for what he has achieved and he's a friend, but this is such an important game for Barca fans that it should be more important than any specific people. It's nice for the players to meet Guardiola again, but they know this game is mimore important than just that. Guardiola knows all our players but I don't think that will be decisive. There are many other factors"
Last result for FC Barcelona - FC Bracelon 2-0 Paris Saint Germain
Last result for Bayern Munich - Bayern Munich 6 - 1 Porto FC
Expected XI
Barcelona:- Stegen, Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Alba, Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta, Messi, Suárez, Neymar
Bayern Munich:- Neuer, Rafinha, Boateng, Benatia, Lahm, Alonso, Schweinsteiger, Bernat, Thiago, Lewandowski, Miller
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