Bayern Munich and Barcelona resorted to paying some substitute players in the local league before the upcoming confrontation between them in the Champions League.
and solve Barcelona guest on Bayern Munich Next Tuesday at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, in the second round of the group stage of Champions League.
Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann and Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez sought to rest the key elements in the league match before the Champions League match.
Things went well for Barcelona, who beat Cadiz 4-0 in the fifth round of the Spanish League, while Bayern Munich fell into the trap of a 2-2 draw with Stuttgart in the 6th round of the German League.
Bavarian dilemma
Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann kept his team’s stars Leroy Sane and Sadio Mane on the bench before he pushed the first in the 62nd minute and the second in the 82nd minute.
He also excluded Benjamin Pavard from participating, while he preferred to take out Joshua Kimmich, Sergey Gnabry and Jamal Musialo, the stars of his team during the second half.
Bayern Munich did not appear at its usual level, especially with the absence of Sani and Mane from the front line, and the team was affected in the second half by the exit of the main trio, so that the team received the equalizer in the deadly time.
Bayern’s lead in the league has become in jeopardy, after its tally stopped at 12 points, with a goal difference from Freiburg, who will play in the same round tomorrow against Borussia Monchengladbach.
Catalan glow
On the other hand, Barcelona did not find any difficulty in beating its host Cadiz and rained four goals without a response, taking advantage of the opponent’s weakness and the desire of the substitutes to shine.
Xavi kept Robert Lewandowski, Ousmane Dembele, Pedri, Jules Conde, Andreas Christensen and Eric Garcia on the bench, all of whom are key players.
In the second half, Xavi eliminated both Rafinha and Gavi from the main players to give them a chance to rest and recover before facing Bayern.
Thus, Barcelona came out with what he wanted from the match by winning and adding 3 new points to his balance, with which he took the lead in Al-Liha and rested his players before the expected match against Bayern Munich.
