The Bavarian midfielder is targeting a win against Swiss side FC Basel in the knock-out stages of the UEFA Champions League.
Bayern Munich won the Group A of the Champions League, finishing ahead of the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Villarreal-CF-c40899. They won the group accumulating a total of 13 points from six games, winning four and losing one.
On the other hand, Swiss giants Basel ended the group stages in second place behind Benfica and ahead of Manchester United.
The Munich giants are favourites to win the tie but the opposition cannot be underestimated as they won the last fixture against Manchester United to knock them out of the competition.
Schweinsteiger insisted that he is looking forward to the clash against the Bebbi in the knock-out stages and is hopeful of another good performance from his side. The midfielder admitted that he has always enjoyed his performances
in Basel as he scored important goals against Turkey and Portugal in 2008’s European Championships.
The attacking midfielder stated that he performed well in last year’s fixture also as he scored a brace but admitted that the things are different this time around.
“Indeed, I've always enjoyed my visits to Basel. I scored against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 there at Euro 2008. And I even managed a brace last season away to Basel in the Champions League group phase. It's a terrific stadium,” he was
quoted as saying in an interview.
The German international further added that Bayern Munich European campaign could serve as a disadvantage to them in the Bundesliga title race as Borussia Dortmund will focus totally on domestic competitions after being knocked-out
of the competition. He claimed that he was rather surprised to see the exit of the Borussians from the competition as they had the potential to go far.
“I'd actually say they have a big advantage. I was hoping they'd still be in the Champions League, which would also have been immensely important for German football,” he concluded.
Die Bayern will play their first-leg of the knock-out round against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Switzerland-c3016.
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