Bayern Munich boss Jupp Heynckes plans to stop Paris Saint-Germain and Neymar in much the same way as they contained Barcelona and Lionel Messi in 2013.
The Bundesliga champions destroyed Barca in the Champions League semi-finals four years ago, winning 4-0 at the Allianz Arena before claiming a 3-0 victory at Camp Nou en route to winning the trophy.
Heynckes returned to Bayern shortly after PSG beat them 3-0 in October, with that defeat spelling the end of Carlo Ancelotti s time in charge.
The 72-year-old is hoping his side produce a far better performance on Tuesday and says defending as a team will be critical to containing PSG s attacking trio of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani.
It s only possible collectively, he told a news conference. I know Neymar very well because I ve often watched Barcelona in recent years.
He s a player who dribbles, he s dangerous, creative and likes to get involved in the game.
Mbappe is 18 years old and what he s got is incredible.
We ll try to solve these things as a collective. It wasn t easy against Messi and [Andres] Iniesta in 2013, either. But these are just human beings. And our strikers aren t that bad; the opposition defence must also think about how to cope with that.
3 Neymar is the 3rd player to score in a classique in a clasico in league games in the 21st century (Ronaldinho Ibrahimovic). Stars.
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Bayern have already secured their place in the last 16, along with PSG, and can only finish top of the group if they record a four-goal victory.
Kingsley Coman and Niklas Sule spoke of the desire to avenge the defeat in Paris and, although he does not share the same sentiment, Heynckes accepts it is a particularly big occasion for his players.
Of course, we want to win and play well, but against us is a good team with a top-class coach, said Heynckes, who confirmed James Rodriguez will be involved in the match. They re a well-oiled team who don t only rely on superstars.
I don t like the word revenge so much in football. This will be a showdown at the very highest level: a traditional team like Bayern against an emerging power like PSG.
For the players, especially the French players, this game is anything but a normal Champions League game.
