Lisbon (AP) - Former national soccer player Stefan Effenberg expects FC Bayern Munich to win in the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday.
"My guess is a narrow Bayern win. 2-1. They will have to invest a lot, they will bleed. But they will prevail," predicted the former Bayern captain, who himself won the Champions League with the Munich team in 2001 Interview by "Münchner Merkur" and "tz".
Effenberg (52) does not see a favorite in the giant summit between Munich and Thomas Tuchel's PSG team. "It will be a duel on equal terms - in all areas. They both have enormous quality, we can look forward to a really big football game with lots of offensive scenes," he said.
Effenberg puts coach Hansi Flick on a par with Jupp Heynckes and Ottmar Hitzfeld, who have already led FC Bayern to victory in the premier class. With so many stars in the team, "you have to master it humanly. Flick's advantage is that he knows from his time with the national team how to deal with the big ones. That's a pound," said Effenberg about the former assistant by national coach Joachim Löw.
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