Bayern Munich – Manchester Utd

The visitors are not showing enough football to pick up points in Munich

As a result of the draw for the first leg of the Champions League group stage in Munich, the opponents have been placed in the same quartet as Copenhagen and Galatasaray. Of course, the clubs are considered the main favourites in Group A and, according to bookmakers, will share the top two positions with each other. Despite the preliminary absence of serious competition in the quartet, after the 1999 Champions League final, the clash between Bayern and Manchester United has a special subtext for the ages. It should be recalled that at that time Bayern were a few minutes away from the title, but the Mancunians managed to score on 90+1 and 90+3 minutes, which allowed them to lift the trophy above their heads. Since that day, the clubs have crossed paths many times in the elite European tournament, always the matches were extremely competitive, but Manchester United won only in one of the ten cases - in 2010 at their own arena. In the upcoming meeting, bookmakers have chosen the home team as favourites, offering odds of 1.60 on their victory. Already under Thomas Tuchel in the off-season Bayern acquired Harry Kane and Kim Min-Jae, which together cost the German champion 150 million euros. Of the more or less notable losses over the last three months, Bayern have sold Sadio Mane, Benjamin Pavard and Lucas Hernandez. In the first official game of the season, Tuchel's wards lost the German Super Cup to Leipzig 0:3. With three successive league wins over Werder, Augsburg and Borussia M, the Munich club reduced the level of excitement among the fans. However, Tuchel's players disappointed again on Friday, conceding a win over Bayer in the final minutes of the home game. The other thing is that on the European stage, Bayern, under any coach, have been able to pull together and produce top-class football. At the start of the season in the Premier League, Erik ten Hague's team at Old Trafford hosted Wolverhampton, whom they beat but performed on equal terms. Already in the next match the fears about the game of MJ were confirmed by the defeat from Tottenham - 0:2. In the third game Manchester almost lost points in the game with Nottingham Forest, and in the fourth game lost to Arsenal. Erik ten Hague's team shows consistently bad football, losing where it is impossible to win at the expense of bare class. There is nothing for the visitors to do in Munich with such a game.