It's the 2010 Semi-Final All Over Again - Bayern Munich vs Olympique Lyonnais Preview and Predictions

 

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 PREVIEW

Bayern Munich made it into the semi-finals after demolishing a sorry Barcelona side 8-2, which honestly surprised me more than amused me. The team's spirit is high at the moment but now they face the ultimate underdogs of the tournament, Olympique Lyonnais.

Lyon have had an amazing Champions League campaign, knocking out both Juventus and Manchester City in a little over a week. The team had finished 7th in the 2019-20 Ligue 1 season which ended early due to the pandemic, but don't let that take anyway anything from this team. If anything, this should be a harder game as compared to the quarter final against Barcelona (still shocked about that win). They had an amazing defensive performance against Manchester City on the weekend, although they were still exposed at times, but they had an equally amazing performance whenever they pushed into City's half of the field. This is going to be a good semi-final especially with it being only one leg, as we saw, it can go anywhere.

PREDICTION

Benjamin Pavard has made it to Lisbon and has participated in team training with no problems arising, but I don't expect Hansi Flick to change the lineup that started against Barcelona even if that means keeping Kimmich at right back. Ivan Perišić had a good outing even though he was wasteful on multiple occasions.

 

 As for my predictions for the game, I am now 12/18 overall for the season, not ideal but we move on. Here are my predictions for the semi-final:

1. Bayern Munich will advance to the finals without the need for extra time.

2. Serge Gnabry will make it onto the scoresheet.

3.There will be more than 3 goals yet again.

 

 And for the scoreline, I can't be as wrong as I was for the Barcelona game. I'm going with a 4-1 win for Bayern... but you never know.
Feel free to leave your feedback on my posts as well as your predictions on how this tie and the other tie in the Champions League will go down below!