As of: February 14, 2024, 6:09 p.m
By: Marius Epp
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FC Bayern will face Lazio Rome in the round of 16 of the Champions League.
Follow the first leg at the Stadio Olimpico here in the live ticker.
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Lazio
Rome -
FC Bayern
Munich, 9 p.m. - Thomas Tuchel's expected lineup
Neuer
warns
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Lazio Rome: “The center will be very compact” - A Lazio star in particular commands respect from Tuchel.
Will
FC Bayern
win the first leg of the
Champions League
round of 16 ?
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Munich – The eighth-placed team in Serie A, a team that lost to Feyenoord Rotterdam in the preliminary round of the Champions League – what could go wrong for FC Bayern?
Some!
At least that's what coach Thomas Tuchel and captain Manuel Neuer emphasize and warn urgently about the opponent before the first leg of the round of 16 in the premier class at Lazio Rome (9 p.m. / TV information can be found here).
Lazio
Rome -
FC Bayern
Munich, 9 p.m
Expected lineup FC Bayern |
Neuer - Mazraoui, Upamecano, Kim, Guerreiro - Kimmich, Goretzka - Sané, Müller, Musiala - Kane |
Predicted lineup Lazio Rome |
Provedel - Marusic, Casale, Romagnoli, Hysaj - Cataldi - Guendouzi, Vecino - Felipe Anderson, Immobile, Pedro |
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“I would never say that they are a small opponent,” said Neuer and added: “We definitely don’t underestimate any teams!” Those from Italy in particular could “all defend very well,” explained Neuer and recalled that the Munich “more often had problems against supposedly easier opponents”.
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Tuchel can therefore “not imagine that anyone is underestimating the game, on the contrary”.
Especially since Bayern are willing to show a completely different side after their very disappointing performance at the league summit at Bayer Leverkusen (0:3).
Tuchel believes his team is practiced at this.
Even after the cup exit in Saarbrücken or the “bitter defeat” in Frankfurt, she was self-critical and came back with victories in Dortmund and Manchester United.
“I am convinced that we have everything we need to show a reaction again.”
In the round of 16 first leg against Lazio there may be a chance for bench warmers Thomas Müller and Matthijs de Ligt to convince Tuchel.
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Neuer
warns
_
Lazio Rome: “The center will be very compact”
What awaits Bayern?
“The center will be very compact,” said Neuer.
Lazio will “be relatively compact up front and let us play out wide to avoid us coming into the center.”
Tuchel rates the opponent around ex-Dortmunder Ciro Immobile as “very strong, very homogeneous and very disciplined”.
Rome is “tactically trained and clever”, and also acts “clearly in pressing”, which is typical for teams under coach Maurizio Sarri.
“They are very difficult to beat.” At the press conference, Tuchel announced the “next bad news”.
Will
FC Bayern
win the first leg of the
Champions League
round of 16 ?
In addition, his team, to which Joshua Kimmich and Thomas Müller are expected to return, expect “an emotional game” at the Stadio Olimpico, but: “We are prepared for it.”
(epp/SID)