Unfortunately for the Moscow team, the game will be
played without an audience, and that UEFA has decided to punish the Russian
fans who staged the unrest two weeks ago on Italian soil.
However, the crew of the Russian Army has already passed
the trough in early season and after harvest several consecutive victories, has
climbed to second place in the Russian league.
In a dramatic match, CSKA defeated the modest weekend
Ural (3-4) with two goals from Ivorian Doumbia, who scored the winning goal in
the last minute.
Meanwhile, Guardiola's team should monitor very closely
Doumbia, a very fast and not without technical quality striker, who seems to
have recovered his fitness after several injuries.
Bayern go into the match against CSKA at a time when the
team seems to have found himself, despite some major injury concerns as Thiago
Alcantara, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Franck Ribery.
Pep Guardiola, with the rest of the staff and the arrival
of Xabi Alonso, has assembled a team that is showing defensive line and at
least in the last two matches, effectiveness in front of goal.
The attacking quartet of Arjen Robben, Thomas Müller,
Mario Götze and Robert Lewandowski looks increasingly attuned. The weapon is
primarily the mobility of the four, which constantly change positions which
usually causes disorder in opposing defenses.In midfield, Xabi Alonso has
become the hub and the link between defense and attack.
Apart from that, the concern that the team took on the
trip to Moscow is about the psychological effects that can produce a game
without public sanction by hanging over CSKA.