The 48-year-old has backed Les Dogues to cause an upset on Tuesday when the 2010/2011 champions of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 take on Bayern Munich at Grand Stade Lille Metropole in the Champions League
LOSC are set to take on Die Bayern in their next game of the 2012/2013 Champions League campaign and the Ligue 1 outfit needs to win this game in order to keep their hopes of progressing through the next stage alive.
After losing the opening two games of the campaign, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lille-OSC-c39800 would be looking for a positive result this time around. However, coach, Rudi Garcia knows that playing against Bayern Munich won’t be an easy task, but is optimistic about his side’s chances
of securing a victory on Tuesday.
While talking to reporters at a press conference, the Frenchman stated that Lille need to play above their potential if they want to achieve a positive result against the Bundesliga outfit. The coach added that Bayern Munich are by far the better side of
the two but is hoping for an improved performance from his team.
"We know that we will have to play above our potential and that Bayern will have to play below theirs but, frankly, in a game of football, anything is possible,"
Garcia said that the game against the Bavarians is like a cup tie for Lille and they need to win this game to stay in the competition. The 48-year-old added that Les Dogues are capable of causing an upset at Grand Stade Lille Metropole and players are confident
of getting a positive result.
"This is like a Cup tie, when a little team comes up against a giant. We need to believe in our own chances. That is the only way we can hope to get a positive result.
Talking about his team-selection for the game, Garcia said that nothing has been decided yet and he will make a decision regarding that before the match.
"Nothing has been decided yet, but if we want to maintain hope of qualifying for the knockout stages then it is in our interests to take some points.”
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