Reunion in Munich:Pizarro: An emotional game for me

Claudio Pizarro will return to Munich as a good friend of FC Bayern, but for 90 minutes he will also be an opponent. Is this a conflict? “On the one hand it's an important game for us. We're in a difficult situation and want to take points,” Pizarro said in an interview with club journal Bayern-Magazin before FC Bayern cross swords with Werder Bremen at the Allianz Arena on Saturday at 18.30 CET. “On the other hand I'm looking forward to the reunion with my former team-mates and the fans at the Allianz Arena. It's going to be an emotional game for me.”

The North-South classic will also be an attractive match from a sporting point of view. After consecutive 4-1 victories away to Leverkusen and at home to Hannover the visitors travel to Bavaria with lots of confidence. Despite all the respect and shared memories, “we aim to take something from the game in Munich,” Pizarro added. The 37-year-old believes the men from the north will be fired up and promised his ex-team-mates – he is still in contact with many of them – a stiff fight: “We're on a good run.”