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The return of the Champions League quarter-finals between Inter and Bayern Munich is approaching, and the German team is looking for the strategy for the perfect comeback.

There are only two days left until the highly anticipated return of the Champions League quarter-finals between Inter and Bayern Munich. Vincent Kompany and his staff have started working on the strategy to try to overturn a disadvantage that obviously gives Inzaghi’s team a good foundation on which to build hopes of reaching the semifinals. Despite concerns about their injured players and those not in the best physical conditions, Bayern is still trying to look with enthusiasm at the super showdown at San Siro.

Bayern Munich: Team Overview

ThomasMuller, the man who scored the goal for the momentary 1-1 in Munich, is set to start after his controversial exclusion from the starting lineup in the first leg. The German champion was the first to sound the charge: “Against Borussia Dortmund we showed that we can create many chances, which will help us on Wednesday. I see a team capable of advancing to the next round of the Champions League on Wednesday,” said the coach with 745 appearances on Sky DE.

Clear, strong, and aware concepts, reiterated in the Bild, after the last championship match also by coach Vincent Kompany: “We have a reduced squad, we don’t talk about our absences but it’s like that. The fans who were there against Inter and also against Borussia Dortmund saw 50 shots and several great chances: we can score goals, we can also defend well. We are really dangerous. Finishing problem? This is football, the problem arises when quality is lacking, but we have a lot of it! It can also happen that we score 2 goals with 2 shots, we have confidence for the next match and we believe we can go on in the Champions.”

Away Game: Complicated Season

To charge up the Bayern environment, honorary president Uli Hoeness said: “Given the injuries, it is important to have a strong mentality. It is the only way to win the game if all the players excel. I fully agree with what Müller says: we don’t need a miracle, we need an exceptional performance,” he told Blickpunkt Sport.

Comparison Numbers

Shifting the focus to last season, which ended in the semifinals against Real Madrid, Bayern’s problems away from home began in the knockout phase. In the round of 16, a narrow defeat at the Olimpico against Lazio (who wasted more than one opportunity to double). The result was then overturned thanks to the 3-0 at the Allianz in the return match. Subsequently, a hard-fought 2-2 in London against Arsenal, then narrowly defeated in the second leg of the quarter-finals. Finally, in the semifinals, the defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu, among regrets and controversies over the refereeing.

The numbers of the 2022/2023 season seem distant when, except for the 0-3 at the Etihad that cost elimination in the quarter-finals at the hands of Manchester City, Bayern collected four consecutive away victories between the group stage and the round of 16, with a total of 10 goals scored and only 2 conceded. In that year, victims of the Bavarian blows were teams like Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, and Inter (2-0 at San Siro on September 7, 2022).

Times change. Yet in Munich, many believe in the comeback against Lautaro and his teammates.