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Bayern Munich's coach Juergen Klinsmann - Source: Reuters -
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Bayern Munich want to restore their battered pride with a win
against Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday even if
overturning a 4-0 first-leg deficit is unlikely, coach Juergen
Klinsmann said on Tuesday.
The German champions say they have no real chance of progressing
after the Spaniards scored four times in the first half of last
week's quarter-final first leg.
"After what we have been through in Barcelona we will not start
dreaming and say we will fire four or five goals past them but it
would be great to beat that team," Klinsmann told reporters.
"We want to beat Barcelona so that we say goodbye with respect and
in a proper way. We want to show passion and fighting spirit to our
fans and offer a good game to restore our relationship.
"It is all about showing where the team is in relation to this top
competition."
No team has ever overturned a 4-0 first-leg deficit in the
Champions League.
Bayern will have defenders Lucio and Philipp Lahm back fit after
they missed the first leg through injury.
"We want to put the humiliation of last week right," Lahm said.
"We have to play 100 percent if we are to beat Barcelona."
Defender Daniel van Buyten has also returned from a trip to Belgium
for personal reasons and is at Klinsmann's disposal.
Klinsmann said 34-year-old keeper Hans Joerg Butt, who made a
surprise appearance for Bayern in last week's defeat, would start
again.
Michael Rensing, who had been his first choice throughout the
season, has suddenly been sidelined prompting speculation that
Bayern are in the market for a new number one.
Probable teams:
Bayern Munich: 22-Hans Joerg Butt; 23-Massimo Oddo, 6-Martin
Demichelis, 3-Lucio, 21-Philipp Lahm; 8-Hamit Altintop, 31-Bastian
Schweinsteiger, 17-Mark van Bommel, 15-Ze Roberto, 7-Franck Ribery;
9-Luca Toni
Barcelona: 1-Victor Valdes; 20-Daniel Alves, 3-Gerard Pique,
5-Carles Puyol, 16-Silvinho; 6-Xavi, 24-Yaya Toure, 8-Andres
Iniesta; 10-Lionel Messi, 9-Samuel Eto'o, 14-Thierry Henry.
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
