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Bayern Munich v Inter Milan; CL FINAL
Topic Started: May 21 2010, 10:03 PM (1,445 Views)
Monty
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Bayern Munich are without suspended winger Franck Ribery so Thomas Mueller should partner Ivica Olic in attack.

Argentine centre-back Martin Demichelis is fit again allowing Holger Badstuber to revert to left-back.

Inter Milan captain Javier Zanetti is set to move up from defence to replace suspended midfielder Thiago Motta, with Cristian Chivu playing at left-back.

Centre-back Lucio has recovered from a calf injury and should anchor the defence with Walter Samuel.

Inter are set to use the same four-man attack deployed against Barcelona.

Inter manager Jose Mourinho has been testing a 4-2-3-1 formation that includes Goran Pandev, Wesley Sneijder and Samuel Eto'o positioned behind and around centre forward Diego Milito.

All four forwards were also utilised in the two wins over Chelsea in the first knockout round and the 3-1 victory over Barcelona in the opening leg of the semi-finals.

Meanwhile for Zanetti the game marks his 700th appearance in all competitions for Inter while Eto'o is attempting to become only the second player in the history of the competition to score in three different European Cup finals.

Eto'o found the net in Barcelona's 2-0 victory over Manchester United last season and the Catalan side's 2-1 win against Arsenal in 2006.

The 29-year-old would join Real Madrid legend Alfredo di Stefano as the only players to achieve the feat.

"Those two finals were against English teams," said the Cameroon star.

"This will be a new kind of experience - me at a different club, coming up against a great Bayern team. Let's wait and see."

Despite the absence of Ribery, widely regarded as one of the finest players in the world, captain Mark van Bommel believes that another one of their star players - Arjen Robben - can take centre stage.

Robben has scored crucial goals against Fiorentina and Manchester United in previous rounds and Van Bommel knows how important the Dutch winger is to Bayern.

"I'm glad he's playing for us, I don't know why Real didn't want him, he's very important for us, he scores very important goals and he also plays very well," said Van Bommel.

"The team knows how to play for him and he knows how to play for us. We compliment each other very well, everyone knows what to do in his position and Arjen is working very well. I love having him here."


Predictions?

Inter to complete the treble I reckon.
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northbank
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bayern are for the treble as well i think
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Plonker
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Bayern for me.
I loved the way Van Gaal won the CL with Ajax in 1995. I remember watching the final, which was being held in VIENNA btw, on TV and I was just amazed what a great team he had formed over the years. I idiolised him...until Arsene the Messiah Wenger appeared.
I forking despise Ho'rinho, and I'd enjoy nothing more than seeing him on his knees crying his heart out! ;)
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COME ON INTER
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Would prefer Inter to win it, they've had the harder route, beaten the best along the way and haven't had to resort to cheating. Would be worthy winners imo.

Going for 3-1 to Inter
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May 21 2010, 10:03 PM
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Bayern Munich are without suspended winger Franck Ribery so Thomas Mueller should partner Ivica Olic in attack.
I didn't bother reading the rest after that! Poor journalism...

Would like Inter to win, think they deserve it after knocking out Barcelona and Chelsea.
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Yeah but Bayern haven't exactly had it easy themselves. Easier praps
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flak
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The methods of their victories haven't been impressive though. They've been the luckier team...
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what do you mean?
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The Klose offside winner against Fiorentina for example.
Edited by flak, May 22 2010, 11:17 AM.
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stacie
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You can't really go on that though can you, unless Inter's route to the final has been clean as a whistle (which it may have been, I'm not sure)
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mercedes
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i hope bayern win it purely for that shocker of a goal against us.

but inter deserve it, and im intrigued as to what mourinho would do if he got to lift the cup. i can see him exploding or something as soon as the whistle goes if inter win.

should be a good game either way.
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stacie
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yeah, i'm going to watch it but if there's been a CL final that had me less interested in the winner than this one, I can't remember it.
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Not even Porto and was it Monaco? :lol:

Must admit i'm not that interested myself.
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its sad that im not excited :( the CL music and the dramatic adverts they play on the lead up usually get me excited. not so much this year :(
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