Berlin – 09-12-2009
The last match of the both Hertha Berlin and Bayern Munich in this years Bundesliga will be played in Bayern on 19 December with Bayern hot and Hertha down and almost out.
Bayern scored a memorable and well-deserved victory yesterday over old Italian rival Juventus which will take them to the last 16 and knockout stages at the expense of the Italians.
Bayern headed to Italy knowing it had to win to reach the last 16 of the Championship League teams going into the next round – and they did just that with style – winning in Turin by 4 goals to 1.
The Dutch coach of Bayern, Van Gaal, has been under intense pressure from some backward sections of the German press after an unlucky Bundesliga season thus far. Some of these opportunist critics have asked for his job and it will be interesting to see if they have the courage to admit their mistake at the end of the season.
The team is now fourth in the Bundesliga, just four points off leaders Bayer Leverkusen and while Bayern may not finish top of the Bundesliga table going into the winter break the team is confident going into the remaining two games – away to Bochum this Saturday and then at home to Hertha in the year’s last game on December 19th.
This will be one day after the Champions League draw – on Friday December 18th – with teams like Real Madrid, Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal, to see which of the 16 are allotted to which of the 4 groups.
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