Champions League: Lesson learned from 1:7: Bayern women believe in a coup against Barça

He is aware of the dimensions of the current task: “It is a special game and it requires a special performance.” The Munich team is in the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time since the 2020/21 season.

All but four players fit

In midfield, Barcala are missing the long-term injured Sara Zadrazil and Lena Oberdorf as well as Alara Sehitler. Striker Jovana Damnjanovic is also injured. Otherwise, the squad, which was recently strengthened by the returnees Giulia Gwinn and Klara Bühl, is complete.

Winger Bühl said she really enjoyed her comeback in the Bundesliga against Union Berlin. On Wednesday she scored the decisive goal to make it 3-2 for Gwinn, which secured Bayern’s fourth championship in a row. Barcala left it open whether Bühl and Gwinn would be in the starting line-up against Barça.

At least 26,000 fans in Allianz Arena

The head coach invoked the team spirit of his team. “We have to run together, we have to suffer together,” said Barcala and praised Barcelona: “They are so well coordinated, so aggressive in counter-pressing, but we all know that if we break through this moment, the pressing also breaks down and then the tide turns.”

For the home game, the Munich team will leave the usual Bayern campus and move to the Allianz Arena. Around 26,000 tickets were sold the day before. The decisive second leg will take place in Barcelona on Sunday (4.30 p.m.) a week from now.