This is the opening match from German’s top league and it is a big match anyway. The second placed team from Wolfsburg welcomes the leader and giant Bayern Munich. This can be an interesting match above all between these two teams. Wolfsburg had a lot of negative emotions to begin of their preparation to the second half of the season with the accident from midfielder Malanda. They tried to be as professional as they can and it can be that the team is working closer together now after such a big fatal incident. It is obvious that they want to play for Malanda and maybe think about him in every game. In preparation they had a lot of problems above all in the defensive where some players had some problems and could not train like Naldo and some of his team mates. They conceded also a lot while the offensive looked great above all Peresic was in great shape and scored a lot. Short before the match today they sold striker and important hard worker in team Olic to Hamburg but on the other side they are very close so sign Schürrle from Chelsea.
As always Bayern Munich travelled to Qatar and worked very hard there under excellent conditions. It is almost the same as every year there. The team looked tired to the end of the last year but the batteries are full now again and they want to go for the next records. One of these records are conceded as less as they can (4 goals at the moment) and to be unbeaten (league) in one season, what is a big aim from them. The problems with injured and absent players is going better and better because Coach Guardiola welcomes Alaba, Badstuber and Benatia back in training. Ok Benatia had a hard time as he could not train always with some back problems. All the other players were ready and they made a great preparation, only the long term injured players are still not ready yet like Lahm, Thiago, Martinez ….. For this encounter they must replace Ribery who got injured in the last days and Rafinha who is out recently. It should not be a big problem at all as a lot of big guns must on bench anyway because the squad is very big and all can be replaced well.
Overall the balance is on Bayern Munich side and they did not lose much against Wolfsburg. They like to play against them and the last matches were always a clear thing. But in the last match in Munich Wolfsburg was very close to get rewarded as their play was very good and the pressing as well. It can be a good formula to press and attack from beginning on but on the other side Bayern has such a good control in their game that they can overcome Wolfsburg with the fast passing. If Wolfsburg stands high it can be risky as well but they have to try anything to hurt Bayern anyway.
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