Friday, 1 May 2015

UCL: "If we can rotate, we will"

*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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