Champions League Round of 16 Second leg fixtures played today are:
- Bayern Munich vs Lazio, and;
- Real Sociedad vs Paris SG
Bayern Munich is working hard behind the scenes to replace Thomas Tuchel. The leaked agreement is the Head coach will depart this summer, but at the same time the press is saying the Bayern Hierarchy is ready to let Tuchel go already now should the Bavarian giants fail to advance to the quarter finals.
Bayern played a 2-2 draw away to Freiburg Friday. Another setback that! From a Bundesliga perspective: Now they are ten points behind Leverkusen, with ten games to go. They will be without Upamecano (centre-back) and Coman (Attacker), whilst two further solid offensive weapons in Gnabry and Sane are doubtful at the time of writing. It is worth noticing that Bayern Munich has seen both teams score in their last three games (total) and also last three home games.
Lazio lost at home to Milan this weekend, and saw three players sent off in that fixture. The Romans got the 1-0 win at home, and have half a foot in the quarter final. Playing Bayern in Munich is never an easy task, but if you ever need to play them in this setting. Now is probably the best time. The mid table Serie A team will be without Patric (Defensive player) here. Another defensive player, Rovella is a major doubt. It is quite likely Lazio will play on the back foot here, parking all kinds of buses. But, they will get counter attack chances. Laying too low versus Bayern for 90+ minutes does not really look like the best solution either in a setting where the home team is struggling with team spirit. I would be surprised if Lazio does not have some possession spells of their own during the game.
At Bestpreviews.com we think this game can be quite the battle. Lazio has nothing to lose. Bayern need the win. In stead of picking a winner, our prediction is that both teams will score.