Football. ua presents the announcement of the first match of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League between Bavaria and Besiktas.
The only pair of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, in which the lot was taken by the current champions of their countries, is Bavaria - Besiktas. However, it is not necessary to say that the chances of rivals in this particular case are equal,.
Bavaria - Besiktas Tuesday, February 20, 21:45. Munich, Allianz Arena. Arbitrator - Ovidio Hachegan (Romania). Live broadcast on the channel Football 2 Eurocup draw only once brought together Bavaria and Besiktas - in the group round of the Champions League season-1997/1998. And the success was accompanied by the Munich grandee: in the first match of the house Bavaria won with a score of 2: 0, and then repeated the same result in Istanbul.
Apart from Besiktas, Bavaria met only once with the representative of Turkey - in the first round of the Champions Cup season-1972/1973, she drew (1: 1) on the road with Galatasaray, and at home, she simply destroyed the opponent - 6: 0.
Bavaria 13 times played in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League and only three times could not enter the quarterfinals.
In the current draw, Bayern took second place in the group, but in all home games of the group round won: 3-0 over Anderlecht and Celtic and 3-1 over PSG.
Besiktas first made it to the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, while the "black eagles" finished first in their group, while winning all three away matches: 3: 1 for Porto, and 2: 1 for Monaco and RB Leipzig. The best achievement of Besiktas in the Cup / Champions League is reaching the quarter-finals in the 1986/1987 season, after which the 0: 7 defeat was recorded for the sum of two matches from Dynamo Kiev.
In addition to the meetings with Bavaria (0: 2 and 0: 2) and RB Leipzig in the current drawing (2: 1 and 2: 0), Besiktas only met with the representative of Germany - in the first round of the Cup of the Cup 1989/1990 twice lost to Borussia D (0: 1 and 1: 2).
That phone call #cometoBesiktas @Dugout @ChampionsLeague pic. twitter. com / Oav9kKMuT5 - Besiktas JK English (@BesiktasEnglish) 19 лютого 2018 р.
Not in favor of the guests in the first match says the personnel situation on the eve of the fight. In Bavaria, only Neuer is injured, whose absence does not bother anybody anymore due to confident actions at the gate of Ulrayh. In addition, the composition of the Heinkes team did not change during the winter transfer window. But in the team Gunesh not only missing injured players (Kavlak, Atinch, Tere, Tosic), but also moved to Everton forward Jenk Tosun. True, Wagner Love was bought to replace him, and, most likely, it was he, and not Negredo, who would take the place on the spearhead of the attack. Surely there will be a place in the starting lineup of Besiktas and ex-defender Dinamo Vide.
Interesting facts - Bayern played twice with Besiktas in the Champions League and won two wins with a score of 2: 0.
- The unbeaten series of Besiktas in European competition is seven matches (four wins).
- Besiktas became the first Turkish team to win the Champions League group.
- Bayern won thirteen last official matches.
- Besiktas scored in all six matches of the group stage.
Approximate compositions of Bayern: Ulreich - Kimmich, Boateng, Hummels, Alaba - Vidal, Mueller, Rodriguez - Coman, Robben, Lewandowski.
Besiktas: Fabry - Genul, Pepe, Vida, Adriano - Hutchinson, Medel, Kvarezhma, Taliska, Babel - Wagner Love.
Do not play: Neuer - Kavlak, Atinch, Tere, Tosic.
Words by Jupp Heinkes, coach of Bavaria:.
"There is no point in talking about how important the matches of the Champions League. All clubs dream to win this tournament, and each of them has a chance to do it, not only the English five with Real Madrid, Barcelona and PSG. Besiktas is also a team that knows how to play football, so it's no surprise that she went to the 1/8 finals. Besiktas won all three away matches in the group stage - this is a serious indicator. Our opponent likes to play attacking football and does not hide this. It will be very important not to give the guests chances in the attack, but we are ready for this. I hope, my team will demonstrate its best qualities and lay a solid foundation for entering the quarterfinals ".
Shenol Gunesh, coach of Besiktas:.
"Bayern has a big team with a lot of top-level players. If desired, they can put two teams and successfully compete in the Champions League.
And if we talk about the achievements in this tournament, then Bavaria is second only to Real and Milan. In this situation, we have one thing - to try to play at the maximum of their capabilities and use the minimum chances. It would be nice to score on the road ... Probably, for the first time in this draw of the Champions League, we enter the battle as an outsider. But we do not intend to give up ".
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