Let's be honest here...nobody really cares about the Club World Cup. It a trophy, and a recognized tournament...but no one really cares if you win or lose it. So there is a strong argument for Bayern to really rotate the squad to avoid eroding the legs of their star players. After all, Bayern don't want to give Leverkusen any hope in catching them and there is that important mission of RETAINING the Champions League. Only thing though is this is not what great teams do. Great teams DEAL WITH IT, and try to win EVERYTHING. Once a winner, always a winner.
Bayern do not want to stop winning. Just like they won that Super Cup in the last seconds of injury time, they want to keep hungry and add to that trophy cabinet. It's a very clear statement of intent that they want to send to the rest of the world. Pep himself wants to add even more to his CV by winning it ALL again as a coach. That is why Bayern must head to Morocco and aim to clinch the title and head into the next year with their winning mentality still intact.
In regards to the burnout issue, if you take a look at the Bayern squad, they have so many excellent players to bring INTO the team that they can easily cope. Whoever they put on that pitch should easily overcome anyone that they go up against. It may be a testing tie against the Lippi-led Chinese team, but with Ribery and Muller ballin' like how they are...NOBODY in that tournament will be able to stop them. Also, don't you even DARE tell those Bayern players that this tournament does not matter. Winning is winning and if you aim to the best, you must aim to win EVERY SINGLE TOURNAMENT that exists. It is putting that fear into the rest of the world that they are going up against a team that is addicted to winning and REFUSES to lose.
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