"We want to reach the final and beat Lyon, knowing full well that it's not that easy, so we have to be on the front foot from the first minute. "They are very compact in defence, can run all day and are strong on the counter-attack," he said. It looks like we’re favourites now and we have to be careful."įlick knows what to expect from Lyon coach Rudi Garcia. "They’ve beaten Juventus and Manchester City - both those teams were favourites. "I think we were all surprised by the end result (against Barcelona), but Lyon will be a different opponent in a different game," said Gnabry Their striker Robert Lewandowski is the Champions League's top-scorer this season on 14 goals - three short of Cristiano Ronaldo's record.īayern winger Serge Gnabry, who has seven so far in the competition, including four in the 7-2 thrashing of Tottenham away in the group stages, says they must not underestimate Lyon. His side have won their last 20 matches in all competitions, securing an eighth straight Bundesliga title and lifting the German Cup in the process. Less than 100 percent will not be enough". We have to play like we did against Barcelona. The Bayern boss warns "the game starts from scratch. I'm relaxed because, I know that they're very focused and have big goals." However, semi-final opponents Lyon have punched above their weight by beating Juventus and Manchester City to reach the last four.įlick takes confidence from the "very good atmosphere" and "enormous quality in training". The shockwaves are still being felt in Barcelona where both coach Quique Setien and sports director Eric Abidal have been sacked.įollowing that jaw-dropping victory, Bayern are "really hungry" for more success, says captain Manuel Neuer. We’ll do that against Paris too,” Flick said.īayern Munich will now face another French team, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the final.Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick trusts his side to forget their demolition of Barcelona and "start from scratch" when they face French giant-killers Lyon in Wednesday's Champions League semi-final.īayern marked themselves as favourites to lift the trophy by hammering Barcelona 8-2 in their quarter-final last Friday when Thomas Mueller and Philippe Coutinho both scored twice. Our great strength is putting our opponents our pressure. “Serge handed us the lead thanks to his individual quality. Ivan Perisic drilled a cross into the box, and although Robert Lewandowski’s effort hit Lopes, Gnabry was on hand to tap home the rebound to make it 2-0 after 32 minutes. Hansi Flick’s men, like they have shown throughout the season, were not to sit back with just one-goal lead. Upon receiving a long ball from Joshua Kimmich, Serge Gnabry dribbled past three Lyon players and fired home the first goal of the night past keeper Anthony Lopes in the 16th minute. Lyon even hit the post in the 16th minute, with striker Memphis Depay wasting what might have been the first goal of the game. Lyon had started the game well, filling the spaces and not allowing Bayern midfielders Thiago Alcantara and Leon Goretzka time and space on the ball. Despite some threatening moments in the initial stages by the French team, the German champions did not have a very challenging day at the office. Having beaten Barcelona 8-2 in the quarterfinal, Bayern had arrived as the favourites against new-entrant Lyon in the last four. Hans-Dieter ' Hansi ' Flick (born 24 February 1965) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of the Germany national team. They hurt us again and again, we were lucky to weather the early stages. We saw how difficult it is against a hard-running team with good tactics. They turned in good performances against Manchester City and Juventus. Lyon are an outstanding team, they fought. The Bavarians on Wednesday overpowered Olympique Lyon 3-0 in the semifinals. Bayern Munich manager Hansi Flick has heaped praises on his players for making it to the final of the ongoing UEFA Champions League after beating “a hard-running team with good tactics”.
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