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Pre Match Thread
Bayern Munich vs Arsenal
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Kick off: 17 April 2024, 21:00 CET
Venue: Allianz Arena, Munich
Referee: Danny Makkelie
Team News:
Possible Bayern starting XI: Neuer; Kimmich, Dier, De Ligt, Mazraoui; Laimer, Goretzka; Guerreiro, Musiala, Sane; Kane
Possible Arsenal starting XI: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tomiyasu; Odegaard, Jorginho, Rice; Saka, Havertz, Martinelli
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Bayern at home is always a treat even if they're not that good
Even a shitty Bayern is better than most other teams
Will be an interesting match, one team having their worst season in 10years, and the other is having a blast. Experienced team vs a talanted unexperienced team. I think it can go either way. Hopefully will be an entertaining match like dortmunds game yesterday.
Experience is so important in the CL. It took City forever to win a CL even with Pep and all that money spent. Unfortunately I think if Bayern score early the game won’t be entertaining and Arsenal will struggle with the atmosphere. Who knows though I thought PSG was done after the first leg and they were able to pull through
You guys have a bigger fish to fry, time to focus on the Premier League
After the weekend, I hope the lads will be looking to redeem themselves… Though, I guess that works for both teams.
I've no idea how this is going to go.
Me either. please not 5-1, please not 5-1, please not 5-1
What about 1-5 though?
Been told Bayern have injuries and a suspension but their squad still looks damn good.
Ngl, if this match is anything like the first leg then it's gonna be bonkers. Because the previous leg had the final minute with both teams having a chance to win the game, and there was no extra time so imagine what might happen in case this game goes to extra time.
Both games are guaranteed spectacle tonight. I almost missed all the goals last week because I kept on switching channels
Not sure where you are watching from but Paramount has a dual live stream which is actually pretty solid
Is this UK too?
too bad Bayern has so many injuries. Don't know if arsenal are missing 1st team players, but not having people like gnabry or coman at least on the bench is painful. Sane also playing with pain.
Timbers barely got to play before he got injured but Im 95% sure he would be a starting player if he wasn't because how exposed our left side has been this season compared to the rest of the defense
He is like a new signing for next season
He played 46 minutes.
As a Spurs fan who benefits if England gets the 5th CL spot, VAMOS BAYERN - score some fucking goals. 8-0 please, let's give Arteta a bald spot
This comment had more twists than a Shyamalan movie.
I think all those PrayforBayern tweets last week could haunt those fans online tonight.
Arsenal are still favourites to me, I've been burned by Tuchelball too often this season and they've looked like the better team for a good stretch of our last match.
Mia San Mia
It's really weird to see a Schalke fan support Bayern lol
Germany needs points for the coefficient
Why you even care about the coefficient? You're in the 2. Bundesliga
I just want both matches today to go to penalties.
What will you do when your match also goes to penalties?
I'll take that deal in a second 😅
Smartest scouser here, ladies and gents
I think you might be the dumb one here.
Parallel watching of two penalty shootouts sounds kinda confusing
20 mins of injury time in one, 30 in the other to stagger the times.
Experience will be decisive and bar 4-5 players the rest of the squad is at their first CL football this season.
No injuries please thank you.
Bayern 2-0
Kane hattrick 🤞
3 Pens would be even better
Sounds about right
Only if it’s matched by a Havertz hat trick 🤣
Only if Arteta unleashes the mighty LB Havertz
Think with the slip this weekend in PL, Arteta gotta go all in on CL.
They are a relatively young and new team in the UCL so don’t expect anything from them today
Arsenal fan and expectations. lol
Harry Kane rubbing his hands and polishing his hat trick hero boots.
Harry Kane who ghost in big games… is polishing his hat trick boots?
😂😂
We’ll revisit this in a few hours, win or lose he’ll ghost outside of a pen
Will Odegaard play ?
Yeah. He didn’t miss any training this week.
this feels the kind of drama tie to have 4 goals in regulation, another two during extra time and like a dozen penalties after
Whatever happens, hopefully it's a good quality game of kick ball
Please deliver! Hope it will be a fun game!
Arsenal spread themselves too thin by going all in in everything, should've focused on the league imo
Keep Zinchenko away from first team. I wouldn't mind if they leave him at the hotel ngl.
Tomiyasu is cursed
Please Arsenal do it for us I need the 5th place cushion cos you know Villa will start doing Villa things. I know that means you could make spurs qualify but do it for me do it for Emery.
Just like you did for us last game /s
We did do it for you we kept you focused on tonight /s Emery showed you what not to do.
But you also showed Bayern what they should do.
I think we’ll have a better game than we did at home in the first leg
No unfortunately Arsenal have a slim chance at winning at the Allianz, Arsenal away record in the UCL and even in EPL has been terrible. Before the tie I said if Arsenal don’t beat Bayern at the Emirates I can’t see them going through. For Arsenal to win today I think their best chance is taking the game to Bayern instead of parking the bus
Arsenal away record in the PL is terrible? Wtf? 10-3-3 best in the league, so whats not terrible? 😂
I meant against the top teams in the EPL
Unbeaten against Liverpool and city away this season lmao. Keep digging
We are not parking the bus. It will be an open game.
And I’m not even putting us as favorites. Just saying that we will have a better game than in the first leg, because we did have a very bad game according to arsenals standards this season.
Nah I don’t see it playing at the Allianz against a desperate Bayern team who knows their season is on the line is different kettle of fish. Why makes you think Arsenal will play any better than they did at the Emirates, they have been poor away from at Europe. It’s so obvious Arteta will set up to park the bus like he did vs City and play for pens
We will not park the bus. Just wait and see.
I will come back to you if I remember. Once again, I’m not saying we are favorites. But we will have a good game without parking the bus.
God I’m hyped
I’m a nervous wreck. How is there still 3 hours
Let’s be real PSG didn’t really have to overcome adversity that Red Card changed the whole tie where it meant Barca virtually had no chance.
New to the champions league. Can someone explain to me the stakes of this match? If i understand correctly both teams will qualify for the next round no matter what right?
The red team will qualify no matter what.
No, it’s a knockout round based on aggregate. Only one goes through. It was 2-2 the first leg. This is the second.