{"id":22692,"date":"2026-01-21T09:47:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/bayern-munich-coach-state-that-he-will-not-underestimate-union-saint-gilloise\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:37","slug":"bayern-munich-coach-state-that-he-will-not-underestimate-union-saint-gilloise","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/bayern-munich-coach-state-that-he-will-not-underestimate-union-saint-gilloise\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich coach state that he will not underestimate Union Saint-Gilloise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Bayern Munich coach, Vincent Kompany, says they will not underestimate Union Saint-Gilloise in their Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League match.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Munich will host the Belgian side at the Allianz Arena in Munich today, with Saint-Gilloise at ease in their underdog role.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">In other matches scheduled for today, Barcelona will be away to Slavia Prague, while Marseille will host Liverpool in France.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich have been in fine form all season.<\/p>\n<p>The German giants are on the brink of securing a top-eight finish in the Champions League first phase with two matches remaining.<\/p>\n<p>They are in second place on 15 points, with the top eight teams advancing automatically to the round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>With a 16 to three goal difference in their three matches so far this year, Bayern are firing on all cylinders.<\/p>\n<p>But for coach Vincent Kompany, the game will not be a walk in the park.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22693,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-22692","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Kompany, says they will not underestimate Union Saint-Gilloise","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25905,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22692\/revisions\/25905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=22692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}