The stars were scattered around the globe earlier in the week, in Argentina, China and the Faroe Islands, but on Friday afternoon Pep Guardiola finally gathered his full first-team squad following the two-week international break. On Saturday, little over 24 hours later, Bayern return to Bundesliga action at home to Mainz. And despite the minimum in preparation time, FCB are determined to extract the maximum from the fixture, namely the three points which would guarantee staying top of the league.
However, it will be far from easy. “Mainz have had ten days to focus on the match, but we’ve held our first pre-match training session today,” Guardiola pointed out at Friday’s press conference. The two teams’ state of readiness for the game could hardly be more different, and the FCB coach issued an early warning: “I already know it’ll be a tough game tomorrow.”
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