However, Bayern Munich have the opportunity to complete a remarkable cup double this season because they have already made it to the finals of the DFB-Pokal and the Champions League. Obviously, Mario Gomez has said that the Champions League is far more important than the DFB-Pokal, but he wants to win both the trophies. Mario Gomez also has the competition for the top scorer of the year award to look forward to. He is currently in a competition with Schalke striker Huntelaar, who has one more goal than the German. Mario Gomez has 25 league goals this season.

“We are going into the Champions League final to win it, regardless of whether Chelsea are having a good or a bad season. I’d say it’s 50-50 at this point who will win it. We have to give our utmost to win both finals. Dortmund might have won the last four games against us, but the final is played on neutral ground and it’s all or nothing. We are desperate to win our first title of the season. I have never thought about the top-scorer title when I sat on the bench this term,” said Mario Gomez.

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Bayern Munich come into the match on the back of the 2-1 advantage from the first leg after Mario Gomez scored in the last minute of the game to give the Germans a decisive advantage. This has led many to believe that Bayern Munich will be going for a defensive approach when they visit the Santiago Bernabeu. Gomez, though, has rejected such suggestions by saying that he expects Bayern Munich to play their regular game.

“We will attack, just as Real will do. If we put in a performance like we did in the home leg, we will get into the final. For us it is clear, that we will have to score one or two goals. We are in a position to do this, we have outstanding attacking players. But we have to remain compact and tight, then very good counter-attacking opportunities will present themselves,” Mario Gomez said ahead of the second leg encounter between the two clubs. Real Madrid can still have the advantage of the match due to the presence of an away goal and also the support of the home fans.

The winner of the match is likely to meet Barcelona in the final of the Champions League. It is a well-known fact that Bayern Munich have been having a great desire to play in the final of the Champions League this season due to the fact that it will be at the Allianz Arena – their home ground. The Germans are likely to have the advantage in terms of the fitness levels because they rested eight players during the weekend.

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The current contract for the star striker will be coming to an end in the summer of 2013. In order to prevent him from being able to leave the club on a free transfer and also in order to ensure that they challenge for the major trophies, Bayern Munich have decided to offer this mega deal to the striker who is regarded to be on par with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Robin van Persie.

The current contract pays Mario Gomez around € 7 million per year, while the new contract is expected to fetch him around € 9 million per year. This substantial increase in the pay has been offered due to the fact that the striker has been one of the main reasons for Bayern Munich still having an outside chance of winning the title this season.

Despite starting the season with a bang, Bayern Munich have tailed off in recent weeks leaving the likes of Borussia Dortmund with a great opportunity to win the title. However, Bayern Munich are still in the Champions League and will be looking to progress into the quarter-finals of the same.

“I want to be part of this team in the coming years,” Mario Gomez recently said in an interview with the Betfair Football Tips website. His boss, Christian Nerlinger returned the platitude days later when he said “we know that Mario is very comfortable in Munich, and we awant to keep him here.”

So far, the striker has scored 18 goals in just 23 appearances, thus helping Bayern Munich to the second place in the table. His goals have also fired Germany to the top of the Euro 2012 Betting odds table, with the Deutsche Mannschaft becoming favourites to land the trophy ahead of the much-celebrated Spanish side.

However, champions Borussia Dortmund have been able to recreate their form once again, as they now lead the table by a healthy points difference over Bayern Munich. Mario Gomez has been one of the best players for Bayern Munich this season. It is not all surprising to know that he is set to be awarded a new contract worth around € 45 million over the five years. It would significantly boost his current salary from € 7 million-€ 9 million per year. He is currently the top scorer of the club with 18 goals in just 23 appearances.

“We are missing luck and determination in front of the goal. At the back, there is impatience. We absolutely want to win and we know we need to win. But then we open up and run into problems. Due to the pressure of having to win, we get nervous and insecure. This should not happen to us,” Gomez told Bild. Bayern Munich have just won two matches in their last five, while they will be facing their Champions League opponents FC Basel in the worst possible fashion. Bayern Munich trail FC Basel 1-0 from the first leg.

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They are now two points behind Borussia Dortmund in the table. Despite this slender advantage, Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez has conceded that it would be tough to win the league is Borussia Dortmund maintain their current form. Both teams have played 21 games each, but Borussia Dortmund have 46 points compared to the 44 points of Bayern Munich. Both teams are relatively similar in terms of the goal difference.

Mario Gomez was once again inspirational for Bayern Munich in the match against Kaiserslautern. His goal was essential in Bayern Munich getting the 2-0 win over Kaiserslautern. Now, the German striker has secured 18 goals in just 20 matches for Bayern Munich, which has also put him as the top scorer in the division. Bayern Munich will also have one eye on the Champions League as well. They will be facing FC Basel in the last 16 of the Champions League, which will be beginning shortly.

“Winning was the important thing. We have to keep it up now and obviously, we have to hope Dortmund slip up,” said Gomez. Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, have been nothing but spectacular since the start of the New Year. Their last defeat came in December of 2011. This spectacular form has been one of the reasons for their climb up the table. Now, they have the opportunity to win the German Bundesliga ahead of Bayern Munich, who were the undoubted favourites during the early part of the campaign.

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