Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti warns against underestimating Bayern Munich
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti asserted the team's focused approach ahead of their Champions League semi-final encounter on Tuesday against Bayern Munich in Germany.
Bayern Munich are Germany's most successful football club. They are based in Munich, Bavaria, and play their home matches at the 75,000 capacity Allianz Arena. Bayern won the treble (DFB-Pokal, Bundesliga and UEFA Champions League) in 2012/13 and 2019/20.
Bayern are coached by Thomas Tuchel who replaced Julian Nagelsmann in March 2023.
Nagelsmann led Bayern to the Bundesliga title at the first time of asking, topping the table with 77 points ahead of Borussia Dortmund in the 2021/22 season. It was Bayern's tenth consecutive Bundesliga.
Under Tuchel, Bayern won their 33rd national title in 2023, but 30 of those have come since 1968/69, a season which ended a 37-year title drought.
Carlo Ancelotti won the Bundesliga in the 2016/17 season, but went out of the Champions League at the quarter-final stages. He was sacked in the September of the new season after reportedly losing the dressing room and Heynckes returned to steer the club to the title again.
Apart from the local rivalry with 1860 Munich, Bayern have no shortage of foes, largely because of how competitive they are on several fronts.
Bayern Munich are the third highest earning football club in the world, having reportedly raked in €611million in 2022. This figure also makes them the largest sports club in the whole of Germany.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti asserted the team's focused approach ahead of their Champions League semi-final encounter on Tuesday against Bayern Munich in Germany.
Thomas Tuchel said Bayern Munich will need luck if they are to overcome Real Madrid in their Champions League semi-final first leg on Tuesday at Allianz Arena.
As Bayern Munich search for a successor to Thomas Tuchel, Austrian coach Ralf Rangnick has emerged as the frontrunner, drawing keen interest from the Bavarian club.
Ahead of the Champions League semifinal with Real Madrid, Bayern Munich goalkeeper and captain, Manuel Neuer, expressed the team's readiness and determination.
Bayern Munich are marginal favourites to beat Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday (2000 BST), but we think their growing injury list hands Los Blancos the advantage,
Bayern Munich's head coach Thomas Tuchel has showered praise on Eric Dier, the English defender who joined the German club on loan from Tottenham Hotspur.
Former Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm has added his voice to the growing criticism surrounding the club's management and coach Thomas Tuchel this season.