TottiNZidaneR#1
Senior Squad
MADRID, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says his club has virtually no chance of beating Real Madrid when the two sides meet over two legs in the last 16 of the Champions League.
'When we saw the draw we thought that this was the toughest game we could have been given,' Rummenigge told Spanish sports daily Marca on Wednesday.
'For Bayern to make it through to the quarter-finals, Real Madrid will have to have two very bad days and we will have to play two really good games.
'I know that our players are going to be motivated by the very fact that they will be playing Real Madrid, but even if we perform to 100 percent of our ability I'm not sure we can knock them out.'
The former West German international said that the fact that Bayern were nine points behind leaders Werder Bremen in the race for the German title was an indication of the team's poor form.
'Bayern are playing badly,' he said. 'Our position in the Bundesliga says it all -- we aren't in good shape. All we can hope for against Real is that Bayern start playing like a team, and that isn't happening at the moment.'
Bayern host Real in the first leg in Munich on February 24th and travel to Spain for the return on March 10th.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
got info from soccernet.com
wow i cant belive the charmain would say that
'When we saw the draw we thought that this was the toughest game we could have been given,' Rummenigge told Spanish sports daily Marca on Wednesday.
'For Bayern to make it through to the quarter-finals, Real Madrid will have to have two very bad days and we will have to play two really good games.
'I know that our players are going to be motivated by the very fact that they will be playing Real Madrid, but even if we perform to 100 percent of our ability I'm not sure we can knock them out.'
The former West German international said that the fact that Bayern were nine points behind leaders Werder Bremen in the race for the German title was an indication of the team's poor form.
'Bayern are playing badly,' he said. 'Our position in the Bundesliga says it all -- we aren't in good shape. All we can hope for against Real is that Bayern start playing like a team, and that isn't happening at the moment.'
Bayern host Real in the first leg in Munich on February 24th and travel to Spain for the return on March 10th.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
got info from soccernet.com
wow i cant belive the charmain would say that