GERMANY: SOCCER/FOOTBALL - Bayern Munich prepare for Champions League match against AS Roma

Record ID: 859893

  • Title: GERMANY: SOCCER/FOOTBALL - Bayern Munich prepare for Champions League match against AS Roma
  • Date: 15th September 2010
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  • Embargoed: 30th September 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
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  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Sports
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  • Story Text: Louis van Gaal's Bayern Munich team prepares for Wednesday's opening Champions League Group match against Italy's AS Roma.
    Bayern Munich held a training session on Tuesday (September 14) to prepare for their opening Champions League Group match against Italy's AS Roma on Wednesday (September 15), after a promise to end their goal drought this season.
    Following their 0-0 league home draw against Werder Bremen on Saturday, Bayern have so far scored just two goals in three league matches, their last goals dating back to the Bundesliga start in August.
    Bayern, who reached the Champions League final last season, had to win their last two group matches to advance to the next stage before eventually losing to winners Inter Milan.
    The Bavarians have still to hit top form so far, with only a shortened preparation for a number of their players who competed in the World Cup, and with winger Arjen Robben out injured until the end of the year.
    Bayern will also be without playmaker Franck Ribery, serving out the remainder of a three-match ban following a straight red card in last season's Champions League semi-final against Olympique Lyon.
    Toni Kroos is the most likely candidate to replace him on the wing.
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