* Bayern assured they can measure in Lyon
* Lyon promise to show real face (adds Lyon quotes)
By Bertrand Boucey
LYON, France, Apr 26 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich manager Louisvan Gaal barely has sufficient fit defenders for Tuesday’s ChampionsLeague semi-final second leg in Lyon though a stern Dutchmandoes not appear too concerned.
Van Gaal told a headlines discussion upon Monday he did not know ifinjured defenders Martin Demichelis, Daniel Van Buyten as well as DiegoContento would have recovered in time to urge Bayern’s 1-0advantage from a initial leg.
Ukrainian Anatoliy Tymoshchuk has not even trafficked toFrance.
“I’ve come here with seventeen players as well as you can only margin eleven so ifI skip a 3 others, I’ll still have fourteen available players,”the imperturbable Van Gaal said.
Bayern have a worst defensive record of a 4 teamsstill in a Champions League, carrying conceded 13 goals thisseason in Europe, though Van Gaal pronounced a many important thingwould be to score.
“We have been not a kind of group whose aim is only to avoidconceding goals when you enter a field. I’ve never told myplayers to fool around similar to that given a commencement of a deteriorate andI won’t start tomorrow,” he said.
Fellow Dutchman Mark outpost Bommel, who missed a initial legthrough suspension, pronounced he was not worried about his sideleaking goals.
LACK OF EXPERIENCE
“We have mostly conceded goals in divided games this deteriorate butthat’s not a problem since even if you concur 6 goalstomorrow as well as you measure five, we’re through,” a Bayern captainsaid.
Van Gaal pronounced he was assured his group would strike theirinjury woes interjection to their German mentalit! y, which helped themknock Fiorentina as well as Manchester United out upon divided goals inprevious rounds.
“Our willpower is only incredible, you have regularly managed tostay alive this deteriorate even during games when you were trailing,”he said.
“When you was a manager in a Netherlands as well as my group had toplay against a German one, you used to tell my players that theyhad to be ready to fool around until a very end of a game.
“Our group is made up of German players as well as unfamiliar playerswho have been playing in Germany for utterly a prolonged time as well as arenow enthralled in this special German mentality,” he said.
But Lyon manager Claude Puel warned Bayern they did not seethe real Lyon in a initial leg.
“Bayern feel confident, that’s fair enough… though you know weare means to strike any European opponent if you fool around during ourreal level,” Puel told reporters before starting to a Gerlandpitch for training.
“We’ve had to go through difficult moments this deteriorate inthe Champions League as well as we’ve regularly been means to raise ourlevel each time you had to,” he added.
Puel pronounced Lyon, who knocked Real Madrid out in a final 16,suffered from a lack of knowledge in Munich.
“Let’s not think about a incident as well as only focus upon whatwe have to do upon a pitch… Let’s focus upon a own game,which, you repeat, is not what you showed during a initial leg,” hesaid.
Lyon captain as well as defender Cris, whose knee locked in thefirst leg, pronounced he was assured of making a starting line-up. (Editing by Ed Osmond. To question or criticism upon this story emailsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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