Today at 12:00 p.m. ET, CSKA Moscow and Bayern Munich go head-to-head in UEFA Champions League Group D action live from Arena Khimki in Russia. The game can be live streamed here.
Bayern Munich comes into the contest looking for a 10th consecutive win and fifth straight victory on the road in competition, but the team was delayed in getting to Moscow after their plane arrived 45 minutes late and then the team was stuck in traffic after landing due to snowfall and wasn't able to train.
"We have to deal with these conditions,'' coach Pep Guardiola told ESPN at a press conference. Before the first game CSKA had a long flight to us. We have a highly professional approach. Although we are already qualified, tackling the game with the conditions we have to deal with in Moscow, after a long flight from Munich, it will be a matter of the head."
Munich knows how much of a challenge Moscow presents at this stage in the season.
"In November, at this stage, CSKA is very dangerous. We have to play great if we want to win" Guardiola said per ESPN.
Injuries have flared up for Munich giving way to the need for 18-year-old Julian Green to make his debut on the senior team as striker Mario Mandzukic didn't travel with the team because of a calf injury. The team was already without Franck Ribery, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Xherdan Shaqiri, Claudio Pizarro, Diego Contento and Holger Badstuber after they were all ruled out.
CSKA realizes that even with a banged up Bayern team, they are still in for a challenge.
''We can do differently (from the 3-0 defeat in their first meeting) but this is unlikely to directly affect the outcome,'' coach Leonid Slutsky said via ESPN. ''In the Bundesliga Bayern beat last season's [Champions League] finalists Borussia Dortmund 3-0 [on Saturday]. This is the best team in the world."
He added: ''Our task is to play with maximum quality. Moments will still occur, Bayern create them against every team, but we need more quality in attack than we did in the first game.''
Midfielder Alan Dzagoev (hamstring) is unlikely to play after returning to training Tuesday while striker Seydou Doumbia (thigh) is doubtful.
Both teams look for a win when Bayern Munich and CSKA Moscow go head-to-head on the pitch this afternoon.
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