Lewandowski ready for Real return
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Bayern
Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge insists striker Robert Lewandowski
will be "100 percent ready" for next Tuesday's Champions League
quarterfinal return at Real Madrid after injury kept him out of
Wednesday's first-leg defeat.
The Poland hot-shot sat out
Wednesday's 2-1 loss in Munich with a bruised shoulder as Cristiano
Ronaldo chalked up
his 100th European goal, scoring twice to cancel out
Arturo Vidal's first-half opener.
"The medical department did a geat job trying to get him fit, but the risk was too great," Rummenigge said after the defeat.
"For the return leg, he will be 100 percent ready."
Despite Rummenigge's optimism,
Bayern coach Carlo Ancelotti was more cautious, hoping both Lewandowski
and defender Mats Hummels, who missed the home defeat with an ankle
injury, will be fit for the return.
"We have six days, it is possible they will both be fit," said the Italian.
Lewandowski has scored 38 goals
in all competitions this season, including seven in the Champions
League, and Bayern missed his finishing at the Allianz Arena.
He netted twice in last
Saturday's 4-1 win at home to Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, but
injured his right shoulder in a collision with the visitors' goalkeeper
Roman Burki.
He initially declared himself fit to face Real, but managed only 20 minutes of Tuesday's final training session.
After five yellow cards this
season in the Bundesliga, Lewandowski has extra time to recover as he is
suspended for Saturday's league clash at Bayer Leverkusen.
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