Football - Guardiola eager to break Spanish semi curse

Bayern Munich's Spanish headcoach Pep Guardiola addresses a press conference on the eve of the Champions League semi final, second-leg football match between Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid at the arena in Munich, southern Germany, on May 2, 2016.

Pep Guardiola insists Bayern Munich can make it third time lucky against Spanish opposition in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final return leg with Atletico Madrid at the Allianz Arena. Atletico come to Munich holding a slender lead after Saul Niguez's early solo strike in last Wednesday's first leg sealed Madrid's 1-0 home win.

Guardiola, who will coach Manchester City next season, wants to sign off in Munich by winning a sixth European title with Bayern in the Champions League final in Milan on May 28. "It's the third semi-final in a row. It's very important to reach the final, but it was just as important as against Real and Barcelona when we didn't manage it," said Guardiola. "Against Real, we didn't have Ronaldo, (Gareth) Bale, (Karim) Benzema or (Angel) Di Maria under control. "Against Barcelona, we weren't ready, we only had 14 available players."

AFP

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