Beckenbauer criticises Guardiola

Franz Beckenbauer was critical of the tactics used by Pep Guardiola in the first leg match of the Champions League semi-final in which Bayern Munich lost 3-0 to Barcelona. "I've been wondering about the line of three defenders and find it very dangerous", he said about the system which Guardiola used to try to counter Messi at the Camp Nou.

The Bayern honorary president also criticised the club's policy of letting players go, now that there has been a high number of injuries at the key point in the season. "Injuries are mounting up, but they quite unnecessarily got rid of two players in the winter transfer window", he said. They transferred Xherdan Shaqiri to Inter Milán and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg went out on loan to Augsburg.

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