Bayern Munich Women's Jens Scheuer: 'Lyon game gives me goosebumps'

The Bayern Munich Women head coach, Jens Scheuer, has said his team has “more to win than lose” when they face the reigning Champions League winners Lyon in the quarter-final on Saturday.

Lyon, in fact, have won the past four tournaments and are clear favourites against Bayern. Scheuer, though, is happy with his team’s preparations and cannot wait for the game to kick off.

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“Lyon is the top favourite,” Scheuer said. “But we can live with that because that means we have more to win than to lose. For Lyon, that is different because they are expected to win. That is our chance. I know that we have quality and we have seen that in our preparations.

“On Saturday we will obviously need a little luck in the game but I am convinced that we will be able to keep the game tight. On gameday we will have a little warm-up and then we are prepared for the big game. And, no kidding, I get goosebumps thinking about the game and I know that the players are feeling the same way.”

Bayern have played three friendlies to prepare for the game in Bilbao, winning all of them, beating Slavia Prague in their final preparation test 4-0 last weekend. Scheuer will have five of his six new signings available for the game against Lyon – Lea Schüller (Essen), Sarah Zadrazil (Turbine Potsdam), Viviane Asseyi (Bordeaux), Marina Hegering (Essen), Hanna Glas (Paris St-Germain) – but Klara Bühl (Freiburg) is out with a shoulder injury.

“We cannot compare our preparations to those of Lyon though,” admits Scheuer. “They have played a Cup semi-final and a final, so two competitive games. We did finish our Bundesliga season, and they didn’t play in the league, but I am not going to think about who has an advantage there. We will focus on ourselves and we have certainly done all we can in our preparations.”