Are we going to have the big surprise of the eighth?
Blown on the field of Lazio Rome in the first leg (1-0), on a goal from Ciro Immobile scored on a penalty, Bayern Munich has its back against the wall when it receives the second leg of the round of 16 of the League of Nations. champions, Tuesday at the Allianz Arena.
Seeing the Munich team, six-time winners of the C1, eliminated at this stage of the competition would be quite a sensation.
The Bavarians, who have not lost a Champions League match at home since the 2020-21 season (10 wins and 3 draws since), have reached at least the quarter-finals in ten of the last eleven campaigns.
Thomas Tuchel, who will no longer coach in Bavaria at the end of the season, will be deprived for this decisive meeting of his wingers Kingsley Coman, Serge Gnabry and Leroy Sané, as well as Dayot Upamecano, suspended after his expulsion from the first leg.
Dumped in the Bundesliga (second to ten units of Bayer), just like Lazio in the soft underbelly of Serie A, Bayern hopes to take advantage of the Champions League to find a smile in a gloomy period.
The match between Bayern Munich and Lazio Rome is scheduled to kick off at 9 p.m. this Tuesday, March 5.
The match will be broadcast live on beIN Sports 1.