Ribery fit to face Atletico in Europe
May 2, 2016 - 10:33 PM Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has recovered from a back injury in time for their Champions League semi-final second leg against Atletico Madrid, coach Pep Guardiola said.The Germans, chasing a treble of titles this season, must overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg in Spain last week if they are to reach their first final since 2013.
"Today Franck trained with us and he is here with us," said Guardiola, ahead of Tuesday's (Wednesday AEST).
"He is an option for us tomorrow and that is very good."
Ribery missed Bayern's league game on Saturday against Borussia Moenchengladbach and fellow winger Arjen Robben is already sidelined through injury.
Guardiola, whose Bayern have stumbled at semi-final stage in the past two season against Spanish teams, wants to leave after three seasons in charge with the Champions League trophy that has been eluding him in Munich.
"It is the third semi-final in a row for us. It is a real honour," he said.
"We need our best performance to reach the final. We must not think about how many goals we have to score, first we need to defend well and control the game."
Bayern lost to Real Madrid at the same stage two years ago and Barcelona last year.
Guardiola can also count again on central defender Jerome Boateng who returned to action on Saturday in the Bundesliga after a month-long injury break.
"I don't know how long he will play. He was long out injured, he played 65 minutes (on Saturday). We will see," the Spaniard said.
Source: AAP
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