While this is meant to be a disadvantage for group runners-up, it would be a stretch to suggest that Bayern playing at home is ever a disadvantage.
Those other opponents are a reminder that Bayern have ground to make up in Europe: Jupp Heynckes' side finished second to Paris Saint-Germain in Group B and so the first leg of the Besiktas tie will take place at the Allianz Arena. James' Bayern came second to Paris Saint-Germain in UEFA Champions League Group B. The back-to-back Turkish champions will be no pushovers, but – given that Bayern could have come up against Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham or Barcelona – they are perhaps the best possible opponent against whom to get back into the Champions League groove after over two months away. The Bavarians' next opponents in Europe are Besiktas, in the round of 16. Currently sitting pretty at the top of the domestic standings and into the DFB Cup semi-finals for the eighth successive season, European success will once again be Bayern's yardstick this term, and that means winning old big ears. It was 2013, in fact, when Bayern last won the treble – the only time in club history they have completed a clean sweep of the Bundesliga, DFB Cup and UEFA Champions League. Of course we're in a position to win the treble. "I think the time is right for a club like this to win three trophies again. "It's been a few years now since Bayern won the treble," he told.
Watch: Check out all of James' goals and assists this season! Accordingly, those who admit to loftier aims rather than simply taking things game by game are a refreshing rarity.īayern's James is one of those – and he could not have been clearer when asked about the Bavarians' hopes for the season. That the expectations are greater at some clubs than at others is no secret it is not just the way of modern football, but rather it has always been the way of football. These common refrains are perhaps pleasing to the ears of club media officers, but few others. When asked about their aims for a given season, most players are content to fall back on tired, well-worn clichés: "We're taking things one game at a time," they say, or sometimes: "We're not looking too far ahead." Bayern Munich's James Rodriguez is not your average footballer.
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