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FC Bayern and Real Madrid are disappointed in the league, but can now hinder the return to the last sixteen of the Champions League.
5:50 am, November 27, 2018
The actions of Niko Kovac as a Bayern coach are badly conceivable. In the Champions League group match against Benfica Lisbon, Kovac will take his place on Thursday night at 21:00. A draw against the Portuguese record would be enough for the German champion to reach the round of 16 of the football team.
Keeping Kovac's job in Munich, however, could also mean a home win, which would only be the second of the last seven games, for the debate. The 47-year-old was well beaten the day before the match. Despite the 3: 3 over Düsseldorf this weekend, Kovac hinted that he did not want to fundamentally change his team. "We will certainly not throw everything over the pile," he said before his 20th competitive match as a Bayern coach. "It's not possible, you only have 14 players on the field."
Many failures
In addition to the German national player Serge Gnabry (Adductors) missing Bayern also the longest injured Thiago, James Rodriguez and Corentin TolissoAfter a Syndesmoseriss only returned to training Kingsley Coman will also be worn missing against Benfica. Lisbon guests must win to retain their chance to enter the eliminatory phase. Kovac said: "We are aware that Benfica must win tomorrow, everything is possible in 90 minutes, that's what we are prepared for."
Two hours later than Bayern, Ajax Amsterdam will be able to play with the players of the ÖFB Maximilian Wöber fix the rise of group E The Dutch are in a victory at the last useless light AEK Athens set in the round of 16.
Brutal awakening of the real
A second big club is also struggling with a crisis. The rise of Real Madrid under the new coach Santiago Solari was brutally arrested on Saturday. The "Royal" has lost 0: 3 to SD Eibar and ranks sixth in the league. "The worst Real Madrid of the season," commented the "well-intentioned" Marca "the appearance.
Just two weeks ago, Solari, who had been appointed interim coach at the end of October, had been officially declared head coach. Four wins followed in the Copa del Rey, the League and the Champions League. But just in the first test since club management expressed confidence, the team embarrbaded an unnamed team from a small town of 27,000 inhabitants located in the Basque Country. Solari was right just after the final whistle: "We just did not live up to it."
Nevertheless, good prospects
In the Champions League, however, the defending champion is doing well and is likely to reach the round of 16 for the 22nd time in a row. The record champion leads with AS Roma (9 each) the G group, but must in the big match in Rome but increase clearly to clarify on Tuesday with the rise of everything. Real won 3-0 in Madrid in the first leg.
In Group F, Hoffenheim fights without the injured Austrian Florian Grillitsch for a minimal promotion chance. The Germans ranked third (3 points) need the first victory of CL against Schachtar Donetsk (2) to stay in the race against Manchester City (9) and Olympique de Lyon (6). Coach Julian Nagelsmann once again challenged his team to strengthen his defense. "It must be the goal to protect Olli, with all that I have," said the 31-year-old in sight of a goalkeeper. Oliver Baumann,
Juventus (against Valencia) and Manchester United (against Young Boys Bern with Thorsten Schick) with home wins make the transition to the second round prematurely.
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