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Bayern won’t relax despite title

Bayern Munich will not ease up after winning the Bundesliga title with four games to spare as it prepares to face Borussia Dortmund in the German Cup semifinal, Pep Guardiola has said.

His team, chasing a treble of trophies, secured its 25th German league crown on Sunday, the second in a row under coach Guardiola.

The Spaniard said although last season’s triumph with 10 games to spare may have affected the team’s motivation, they had no time to enjoy this term’s victory with the game against Dortmund today. “We are extremely satisfied that we successfully defended our title,” Guardiola said yesterday. “We will have time to celebrate but tomorrow we have a final against Dortmund.

“We are still in competition and the next match tomorrow is like a final. Of course we can lose but it is a completely different situation from last year. This year all the games are very close together.”

Bayern, looking to repeat its 2013 treble, faces Barcelona in the Champions League semifinals after crushing Porto 7-4 on aggregate in the quarterfinal.




 

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