Bayern get warning about Guardiola
Bayern and Man City are two of the most successful teams in the Champions League this season. The German team won all eight matches and conceded only two goals from the beginning of the 2022-2023 Champions League season, while the giants of English football crushed another opponent from the Bundesliga, RB Leipzig with a total score of 8-1 in the Champions League. round 1/8.
According to Effenberg, before matches Guardiola often gives praise or shows great respect to all opponents, and this can be a psychological trick to give Man City an advantage. "Guardiola will definitely push things towards Bayern," he warned. "You can't be blind to that".
Effenberg also thinks that the legacy that Guardiola left at Bayern is not much. After the Spaniard brought home three Bundesligas between 2013 and 2016, Bayern won six more titles - one of which was the top of the Champions League in the 2019-2020 season with then-manager Hansi Flick.
The clash between the two biggest football teams, plus the reunion of Guardiola, is expected by Effenberg to be a football festival. The 58-year-old former player said that if he wanted to win the championship, the old team had to overcome all opponents.
In the current Man City squad, Erling Haaland is the most notable, when he scored 42 goals through 37 from the beginning of the season. In the second leg of the 1/8 round, the 22-year-old striker scored five goals, in a 7-0 victory over Leipzig. Four days later, the former Dortmund star continued to score a hat-trick against Burnley in the FA Cup.
However, Effenberg - 2001 Champions League - thinks that Bayern does not have to be afraid of Haaland. He cited the Norwegian striker receiving seven defeats against Bayern while playing for Dortmund. "The times against Bayern are not good memories for Haaland," the German football legend repeated, but also warned Bayern not to let Man City play as comfortably as the Leipzig match. He also said that the defense could be the deciding factor in which team reaches the semi-finals.
The first leg of this quarter-final will take place on April 11 at Man City's Etihad Stadium. On April 19, Bayern hosted the second leg. The winning team will advance to the semi-finals against Real or Chelsea.
