*Guardiola battens down the hatches for Barcelona
Pep Guardiola has
admitted that Bayern have already turned their full attention towards the clash
against Barcelona and that there will be a number of changes in the team for
the Bayer Leverkusen match.
Bundesliga is over. We have already won it. Our sights are now set on
Wednesday. If we can rotate, we will", Guardiola said ahead of the game
Bayern go into as Bundesliga champions.
The Spanish coach
was referring to the match that will see his return to Camp Nou, this time in
the dugout of the opposing team, and which the German side is heading into with
a much-depleted squad and smarting from Tuesday's German Cup semi-final defeat
against Borussia Dortmund.
It was a testing
game for Guardiola with a disastrous penalty shoot-out in which Bayern failed
to strike home in four attempts - Philipp Lahm slipping in the first, followed
by misses from Xabi Alonso, Mario Götze and Manuel Neuer - in addition to more
names going onto the already long injured player list. Dutchman Arjen Robben
returned to the field in the second half - after a five-week absence - only to
go off again soon after with a torn left calf muscle.
Poland's
Robert Lewandowski suffered concussion and a fractured nose and upper jaw,
putting him in doubt for the showdown against Barcelona even though Bayern are
still confident he will be able to play wearing a protective mask.
"We'll see
how he is on Monday or Tuesday", Guardiola said, signalling that the final
decision would depend entirely on the judgment of the team doctors.
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