In regards to Muller's statement that they did well in recent games against us, it must be mentioned that he talks about one single game, and that's the last game we played vs Bayern, the ugly 1:4 defeat. We needed a draw on that match in order to qualify, but we lost it.
Looking at the line ups on that match, it seems that both teams are stronger now. Bayern faced us without their stars Ribery and Robben (came in late as a sub) and they still destroyed us. Name wise we had a better team back then (Buffon, Cannavaro, Camoranesi, Del Piero, Trez).
Buffon and Marchisio are the only Juve players who started that match and are expected to start on Tuesday. From our current bunch, Caceres also started that match but he'll miss the Tuesday encounter, while Giovinco came in late as a sub. It also must be mentioned that even though we had big names in the team, it was a very old team we put at Olimpico, and Bayern simply ran us over. Legro, Grosso, Cannavaro, Camo, Del Piero and Trez were all deep in their 30's. Only 4 of our starters were younger than 30 (Caceres, Diego, Melo and Marchisio).
Bayern will also have many new faces in the line up next week. They started that match with Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Van Buyten and Muller, but the others who played are either injured, or they left the team (Butt, Demichellis, Badstuber, Van Bommel, Olic, Gomez, Pranjic).
In short, I don't think that match is anything to go by. Our team is almost completely different (9 new starters), much younger and much better prepared physically. Bayern are also stronger now.
Looking at the line ups on that match, it seems that both teams are stronger now. Bayern faced us without their stars Ribery and Robben (came in late as a sub) and they still destroyed us. Name wise we had a better team back then (Buffon, Cannavaro, Camoranesi, Del Piero, Trez).
Buffon and Marchisio are the only Juve players who started that match and are expected to start on Tuesday. From our current bunch, Caceres also started that match but he'll miss the Tuesday encounter, while Giovinco came in late as a sub. It also must be mentioned that even though we had big names in the team, it was a very old team we put at Olimpico, and Bayern simply ran us over. Legro, Grosso, Cannavaro, Camo, Del Piero and Trez were all deep in their 30's. Only 4 of our starters were younger than 30 (Caceres, Diego, Melo and Marchisio).
Bayern will also have many new faces in the line up next week. They started that match with Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Van Buyten and Muller, but the others who played are either injured, or they left the team (Butt, Demichellis, Badstuber, Van Bommel, Olic, Gomez, Pranjic).
In short, I don't think that match is anything to go by. Our team is almost completely different (9 new starters), much younger and much better prepared physically. Bayern are also stronger now.
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