Bayern are playing the season at a very high level. In the Champions League Hans-Dieter Flick’s team was not in the most difficult group, along with Atletico Madrid, Salzburg and Lokomotiv Moscow. The Bavarians fully justified the status of the quartet’s favorite, finishing in first place with 16 points out of 18 possible. In February Bayern won their second trophy of the season. In Qatar they managed to win the Club World Championship. Fights with the Egyptian “Al-Ahli” (2:0) and the Mexican “Tigres” (1:0) were not easy, but the trophy ended up in Munich. After 25 rounds Bayern leads the table with 58 points in the Bundesliga. However, so far it has no serious superiority over its competitors. The second Leipzig is at a distance of four points and in the previous round the distance was calculated by two points at all. Beating Werder Bremen with a score 3:1 in the last match, Bayern have won their third consecutive victory in the Bundesliga. As for the Champions League 1/8 finals, Bayern have almost secured a ticket to the quarterfinals, beating Lazio with a score 4:1 in Rome. In the entire history of the tournament, a team that won the first match by three away goals never flew out. In 88 cases out of 88, the return match to the losing side did not bring global success.
In anticipation of this confrontation, the team of Roberto De Dzerbi gave a signal from the eighth line of the standings. The team had 39 points to its credit, having 10 wins, nine draws and seven defeats. The goal difference fell to 43-41. Outside of their native land, Sassuolo presents to the attention of its fans the following football spectacle: six wins, three draws and four defeats. 22 goals are scored and 21 are conceded.
