The star player claims talk of the Champions League last four clash made it hard for them to focus on their German Cup semi-final tie in midweek
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The German club were paired against the Blaugrana in the semi-final of the European competition.
The first leg is on April 23 at the Allianz Arena. The attacking midfielder started the game for Der FCB and netted his side’s third goal on Tuesday in the DFB-Pokal game. He claimed that it was very hard to focus during the game
because of their upcoming match with the Spanish outfit.
The young starlet stated that they were desperate to qualify for the German cup final. However, they managed to get through to the final and dominated the game. On the other hand, Wolfsburg head coach Dieter Hecking was frustrated
by the heavy defeat in which Bayern substitute Mario Gomez scored a hat-trick in just six minutes.
"We wanted to reach the cup final but it was difficult for us. All talk about http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 had made it hard to concentrate. But we did it and had the game under control," he added.
Mario Mandzukic, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wolves-c40952, but then they could not cope with Bayern’s attack.
"For 65 minutes, it was a very good game from us but then they came at us hard," he said.
"It should not have happened that we conceded six times with such a performance, - it was two or three goals too much. This cannot be explained. But we have big plans and getting to the semi-final has still been a great success," he mused.
Hecking admitted that his side did not deserve to lose by such a margin, and added that they conceded two or three extra goals during the German cup semi-final.
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