WITH THEIR CHAMPIONS League semi-final second leg against Barcelona just three days away, Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola opted to rest his goalkeeper for today’s Bundesliga meeting with FC Augsburg.
Bayern, who have already wrapped up the German title, started with former Liverpool stopper Pepe Reina between the sticks but were forced to call on regular number one just 13 minutes in.
After a ball down the middle unlucked the Munich defence, Reina came running out to wipe out Raul Bobadilla as he bore down on goal. The Spaniard was deservedly shown a straight red card meaning Neuer was introduced off the bench.
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Paul Verhaegh was unable to take advantage from the penalty spot, hitting the post from 12 yards, but Augsburg earned a shock 1-0 victory.
Iconic yes, but not exactly aesthetic
@Gareth Ward: ah I dunno, I like it. I was there last year for a game and it has that big football feel about it that you don’t get from modern stadia. That being said, the proposals for the new ground look unreal
@Gareth Ward: moron . One of the greatest stadiums in the world. I have been in most of the famous ones except the azteca. Abosolute philistine to suggest this is not one of the greatest .
@Shane Gill: i want to get to an inter game b4 they bulldoze it.are tickets hard got? My 2nd fav stadium ever since cameroon v argentina italia 90!!
@Nigel Delaney: didn’t have any trouble with tickets. Went to an AC game v Sampdoria and got tickets from the ticket centre at the ground the day of the game.
@Shane Gill: thanks lad.Trish is mad to get to Milan too.win win!!
Fabulous stadium.
Was there a while ago. It’s definitely seen better days.
Amazing that two internationally renowned teams playing the same sport can use common sense and share a stadium.
The Aviva and Croke Park are underutilized assets, money going/gone towards paying the debts could have been put into grassroots.
At least the Bertie Bowl wasn’t built
@Goban Saor: By “sharing” you mean the professional rugby and soccer guys want to use the facilities of their more successful amateur counterparts.
@Goban Saor: They are only still doing it now due to Italian politics making it really difficult for many teams to get approval to build stadiums in Italy. A lot of the stadium are owned by City Council who don’t want to lose out on rent and have empty stadium.
@Seamus Cummins: That’s problem in a nutshell. Napoli have had same issues with renovating Stadio San Paolo. Naples Municipal Council owns the stadium and doesn’t want to pay for upgrades.