Preview: Will Hamburg be able to escape a thrashing?
Hamburger SV will be the opponent waiting for Bayern in the first round of the Telekom Cup. Bayern played them in the third place play-off last season when the competition was called LIGA Total! Cup and lost 1-0. Pep Guardiola has taken almost a full squad with him leaving only injured duo Mario Götze and Holger Badstuber along with youngster Emre Can out.
Bayern has won each and every preseason friendly so far as expected. They have no intention to take this competition lightly. Toni Kroos feels that as Bayern is making the trip to Mönchengladbach, they should be putting in the maximum effort required to win the competition. HSV, after an average season, mixed with disastrous and excellent results, has a few things to figure out. They should have been in Europe this season considering their finances and their standing coming into the final third of the previous season but failed rather miserably.
The last meeting between the two ended disastrously for HSV as Bayern ran out 9-2 winners. Claudio Pizarro scored four marvelous goals in what was an extraordinary evening for him. HSV’s goals came late on when Bayern started going down the gears.
Where to watch the match live: Live Stream, Start Time, TV channels
The match will take place at 6:30 pm CET, which is 12:30 ET on 20th July 2013. This match is live in beIN Sport in the USA. The match is also live in Spanish in beIN Sport en Espanol. For those who want to stream the game, they can do it on beIN Sport play. In Germany, a number of channels will be showing the match including Sat.1. In UK, the match will be shown on ESPN UK/HD. The full schedule can be found here.
