Just before taking the field of the BayArena for the last training before this Tuesday’s Champions League match, Diego Pablo Simeone analysed the key aspects of the match in front of the media.

"We are going to find a team that deploys everything their coach asks: heart, enthusiasm, intention and a lot of intensity. They are probably one of the most intense rivals we have played in the Champions,” the Argentinian continued before adding: "Talent is important, but heart and the hopefulness have a bigger place in football."

Regarding his own players, the red and white manager stated: "We continue on the line of finding our final game. We continue trying to improve our regularity and find the ways that make us feel better on the field. I think that the team has grown in this beginning of 2017 compared with the end of 2016. I consider that still we have a large margin of improvement and hopefully we can breach it, because that is where the quality leap lies."