The Frenchman Franck Ribery believes that Bayern have to
do two goals as soon as possible to avoid turning the match ends in a lottery that
could get eliminated with a draw with goals.
The keeper Manuel Neuer, meanwhile, warned that a
deletion in the second round would be "fatal" for Bayern.Guardiola
will have to do without Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso, sanctioned by their
expulsion in the first leg, so the double pivot will consist of Bastian
Schweinsteiger and Austrian David Alaba.
Are also absent Philipp Lahm, Thiago Alcantara and Javi
Martinez, who are not yet ready after their injuries, and Mehdi Benatia, who
has muscular problems.As seen in the past commitments, Guardiola tends to go
for a couple of plants by Jerome Boateng and Holger Badstuber. The experiment
lasted three core play on the final day in the 1-3 victory against Hannover 96,
exactly 31 minutes.
Shakhtar Donetsk moves to Munich hoping to spring a
surprise. The Ukrainian side, very irregular in the league this season, moving
to take the rest, aware that stands before a historic opportunity.
The Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu, an old acquaintance of
Pep Guardiola, has regained the Ukrainian international Stepanenko, who already
was a starter on the weekend in the match against Metallist Kharkiv (2-2).
Stepanenko is a universal player, capable of playing both
in midfield, as embedded in the center of defense.Shakhtar, who visit for the
first time in its history the Bavarian stadium, won seven games unbeaten (it
does since falling against Athletic in San Mamés), although the Bayern Munich
has always won his Ukrainian rival Dinamo -always Kievan.