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FC Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Match Preview Champions League semi-final First Leg
Pep Guardiola returns to the Nou Camp for the first time as Bayern Munich boss when his team face Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final clash on Wednesday.
Referee : Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Stadium : Camp Nou, Barcelona (ESP)
Date : Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Kick-off : 19:45 BST / 20:45CET
UEFA Champions League
Semi-finals, First leg
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Every season, Bayern Munich seem to run into at least one major rematch in the UEFA Champions League. Now, for the fourth year in a row, a Spanish giant stands between them and a trip to the Champions League final.
This time it is Barcelona, a team they humiliated 7-0 two years ago en route to the first European treble in German football history. Now Barcelona will get their chance at revenge, as well as a chance to take down the manager who left the club three years ago before taking a job at their German foe six months later.
Team News
Barcelona
Luis Enrique is set to name the same XI that beat Cordoba on Saturday, with Jordi Alba expected to shake off a slight niggle.
Bayern Munich
Pep Guardiola is not so lucky, with a long list of injuries and a few key ones heading into the trip to Spain.
Left-back David Alaba will be lucky to play a game again this season, whilst Holger Badstuber is out for the season.
Javi Martínez has only just made his return after being out for most of the season, it would be a surprise to see the Spaniard feature in this one.
Arjen Robben is out for the season with a calf injury whilst Franck Ribery is a doubt for this match having been troubled with an ankle injury.
Robert Lewandowski is also a doubt, with a broken nose.
Possible starting
Possible Barcelona Team Line-up :
Bravo , Pique , Alves , Mascherano , Rakitic , Busquets , Inesta , Neymar , Messi , Suarez
Possible Barcelona Team Line-up :
Nevuer , Martinz , Dante , Rafinha , Strieder , Gaudino , Lahm , Weiser , Schweinsteiger , Pizarro , Götze
Head To Head
Worryingly for Barca, they have never beaten Bayern without Guardiola in charge.
The 44-year-old’s triumph over his current employers came at the Camp Nou in 2009 when Messi, Samuel Eto’o and Thierry Henry were all among the goals.
The most memorable games between the two sides, though, were played after Guardiola’s departure in 2013. Bayern stunned the footballing world by winning the first leg in Germany 4-0, before hammering home their advantage thanks to a 3-0 victory in Spain.
In total, there have been eight games between the teams, with Bayern leading 5-1 overall.
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