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Bayern Munich's season is on the line against Barcelona. Yes, they've already been crowned champions of the Bundesliga, but they were dumped out of the DFB Pokal semifinals by Borussia Dortmund. If Bayern are bounced by Barca on Tuesday, the final two Bundesliga games officially hold zero meaning for the club.
This won't be easy. After holding Barca scoreless for 76 minutes in the first leg, Bayern conceded 3 goals in the final 14 minutes. Bayern will have to score three goals and hold Barca scoreless to force extra time. This is possible. Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Luis Suarez aren't unstoppable. FC Bayern have the talent to stop them.
The same people that were out last week remain out this week. Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben won't be around to save Bayern by pulling something out of thin air, and Robert Lewandowski will still be wearing his face mask. They won't be matching Barca talent-for-talent on the day.
Bayern are going to win this game by perfectly performing their game plan. If they don't, they won't be going to Berlin.
Once the lineups are released, this thread will be updated.
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Location: Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
Time: 2:45 PM EDT, 8:45 PM CET (local)
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Bayern Munich
Robert Lewandowski – Thomas Müller
Thiago Alcantara
Bastian Schweinsteiger – Philipp Lahm
Xabi Alonso
Juan Bernat – Jérôme Boateng – Medhi Benatia – Rafinha
Manuel Neuer
Bench: Pepe Reina, Dante, Javi Martínez, Sebastian Rode, Gianluca Gaudino, Mitchell Weiser, Claudio Pizarro
Barcelona
Neymar – Luis Suárez – Lionel Messi
Andrés Iniesta – Sergio Busquets – Ivan Rakitić
Jordi Alba – Javier Mascherano – Gerard Piqué – Dani Alves
Marc-André ter Stegen
Bench: Claudio Bravo, Marc Bartra, Jérémy Mathieu, Adriano, Xavi, Rafinha, Pedro
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