GERMANY: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - 96 Bayern Munich, Hannover 96 prepare for Saturday's Bundesliga match

Record ID: 862437

  • Title: GERMANY: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - 96 Bayern Munich, Hannover 96 prepare for Saturday's Bundesliga match
  • Date: 13th September 2013
  • Summary: MUNICH, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 10, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF BAYERN MUNICH HEADQUARTERS VARIOUS OF BAYERN MUNICH TRAINING GOALKEEPER TOM STARKE AND MIDFIELDER BASTIAN SCHWEINSTEIGER TRAINING BAYERN COACH PEP GUARDIOLA TALKING TO ASSISTANT COACH WIDE OF PITCH PITCH ON FAN'S MOBILE PHONE DISPLAY TOM STARKE IN GOAL, TRAINING SCHWEINSTEIGER WALKING ACROSS PITCH WIDE OF PITCH FORWARD MARIO MANDZUKIC WALKING MANDZUKIC TRAINING GUARDIOLA WATCHING DEFENDER DANIEL VAN BUYTEN AND MIDFIELDER ARJEN ROBBEN, BOTH OF WHOM RETURNED EARLY FROM THEIR NATIONAL TEAMS FOLLOWING INJURIES, SEEN THROUGH FENCE PERFORMING SPECIAL TRAINING WIDE OF TRAINING GUARDIOLA GESTURING HANOVER, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 12, 2013) (REUTERS) CHRISTIAN SCHULZ AND GOAL KEEPER RON-ROBERT ZIELER ARRIVING FOR TRAINING, WALKING PAST PHYSIO THERAPIST JENS VERGERS PULLING CART AND HANNOVER 96 COACH MIRKO SLOMKA ARRIVING FOR TRAINING, FAN SINGING "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" FOR SLOMKA WIDE OF TRAINING FANS WATCHING FROM BEHIND FENCE ARTUR SOBIECH TRAINING, RUNNING AFTER BALL ZIELER IN GOAL LEONARDO BITTENCOURT TRAINING SLOMKA WATCHING WIDE OF TRAINING ZIELER WALKING PAST (SOUNDBITE) (German) HANNOVER 96 GOALKEEPER, RON-ROBERT ZIELER, SAYING: "It is a fact of course that Bayern is the clear favourite and that it's going to be an incredibly difficult game. But this gives us the possibilIty to maybe surprise everyone. We have nine points from four games, a sensational start to the season. Currently we have this wave of euphoria and we should make use of it and take it to Bavaria with us and try to do everything we can. We'll see what happens then." WIDE OF ZIELER SPEAKING TO REPORTERS
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  • Topics: Sports
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  • Story Text: Treble winners Bayern Munich and Hannover 96 prepared for Saturday's (September 14) Bundesliga match earlier this week as fans from both teams hope for an exciting encounter when number two and number three in the league table meet in Munich.
    Several Bayern players had to miss Tuesday's (September 10) training session headed by coach Pep Guardiola since they were away with the German or another national team.
    Yet Bayern are the clear favourites when they entertain Hannover 96, as Hanover's goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler told reporters after a training session on Thursday (September 12).
    "It is a fact of course that Bayern is the clear favourite and that it's going to be an incredibly difficult game," Zieler said.
    "But this gives us the possibilIty to maybe surprise everyone. We have nine points from four games, a sensational start to the season.
    "Currently we have this wave of euphoria and we should make use of it and take it to Bavaria with us and try to do everything we can," an optimistic Zieler said.
    Bayern Munich and Hannover 96 meet at Munich's Allianz Arena at 3:30 p.m. (1330 GMT) on Saturday (September 14).
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