FRANKFURT - When Borussia Dortmund grabbed both domestic brands last year, it embarrassed Bayern Munich 5-2 in the German Cup final. A similar result in Wednesday's quarterfinals with this year's competition will be a feeling. Bayern has been steamrolling through the Bundesliga time to sit a huge 17 things before Dortmund in the rankings. But Dortmund can still spoil Bayern's time if it can defeat the Bavarians in Munich. "Bayern is having a great season," Dortmund's instructor Juergen Klopp said. "But when we are at 100 per cent, anything can be done. We know that we are one of the few clubs in the world that can defeat Bayern." The problem is Dortmund hasn't been at 100 % in 2010. And sometimes the team has lacked fortune, like when it absolutely was held to a draw by Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Bundesliga on Sunday. Bayern is coming off a 6-1 thrashing of Werder Bremen where coach Jupp Heynckes used six players from the table. "Bayern has not had any reason to fear in the last couple weeks, and players can be rotated by them without losing quality," Klopp said. Still, Klopp has some reason to be optimistic. Whilst the past five showdowns before which were all Dortmund wins, the 2 sides drew 1-1 in the group in December. "We have seen that Bayern's regard for people has grown," Klopp said. In Tuesday's matches, Mainz hosts Freiburg and Wolfsburg moves to third-division club Kickers Offenbach. On Wednesday, Stuttgart plays second-division team Bochum, accompanied by the featured match in Munich. Klopp will use Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, who is stopped in the Bundesliga but designed for the glass. Prolonged rumours in the German media have joined Lewandowski with a go on to Bayern next period. Lewandowski's agent has suggested to the Polish media that the striker may keep Dortmund, although he didn't specify a destination. If his contract does not be extended by Lewandowski with Dortmund, the membership will probably let him go after this season as it could be the last possiblity to cash in on one of its top players. Bayern is going to be without suspended winger Franck Ribery, but Heynckes' staff has been in this kind of overwhelming type that even that may possibly not be a lot of one factor despite the Frenchman's importance for the part. "We consider ourselves quite strong and we know what Dortmund is effective at and how they harm us in the past," midfielder Thomas Mueller said. "We wish to win games and so we've to win Wednesday. You can find no guarantees but this isn't such a negative moment for the match." Midfielder Toni Kroos said there was undoubtedly in his mind which was the club in Germany, even though Bayern has failed to gain a name in the past two seasons. "We were unable to show it on the field, unfortunately, and Dortmund deserved to be champion," he said. After seeing his team tear apart Bremen 6-1, Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said: "We are well prepared" for Dortmund and that "Berlin is our target," referring to the place for the cup final. A Copyright 2013
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