"It’ll get heated!": ex-Bayer Thorsten Fink warns Bayern about Paphos | OneFootball

FC Bayern is set for a special Champions League evening. On Tuesday, the record champions will be guests at the Cypriot champions FC Paphos - and thus meet a largely unknown opponent. Former Bayern professional Thorsten Fink warns the Munich team ahead of the duel against the underdog.

Ex-Bayer Thorsten Fink, who himself worked for several months as a coach at APOEL Nikosia, warns the Munich team of a lively cauldron of noise.

"There was one or two things thrown onto the field," the former midfielder recalled his time in Cyprus in a conversation with Sport1. "The fans there are hot-blooded. Bayern should prepare for a heated game."

Fink, who wore the Bayern jersey between 1997 and 2004 and won the Champions League in 2001, knows football on the Mediterranean island very well. Paphos has grown rapidly in recent years, he said: "For a club from such a small country, it's quite special to have made it to the Champions League."

Fink: "Bayern to win the game"

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The club was only founded in 2014, and last season it celebrated the first championship title in the club's history. The rise was made possible mainly by investor Sergey Lomakin, who pumped large sums into the club and brought well-known, experienced professionals to Cyprus. Even at the 0:0 start at Olympiakos Piraeus, Paphos showed that it can keep up at the highest level.

Despite all warnings, Fink sees the roles clearly distributed: "Due to the individual quality, Bayern must win the game." Kompany will prepare his team professionally, "just like before the first game of the season against Chelsea," says the current coach of Belgian first division team KRC Genk.

The 57-year-old has no doubt that the Munich team will survive the group stage: "I am one hundred percent sure that Bayern will make it to the top eight."

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