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Bayer Leverkusen, the German champions, have a couple of important games coming up, first traveling to Frankfurt for a difficult away game in the Bundesliga before facing Bayern Munich in the first of two Champions League last-16 matches on Wednesday.
In a press conference on Friday, Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso insisted that he has no plans to field a second-string side against Eintracht ahead of the midweek match at the Allianz Arena.
"We always play full-throttle. There isn't a game in which I don't believe so. We'll go into tomorrow's game with the best team," Alonso said, adding that the "best preparation" for the trip to Munich is "a good game."
"We want to win, play a good game with and without the ball with a lot of discipline and be very well organized," said the forward.
Xabi Alonso has a full squad available for Saturday's game, with the exception of Piero Hincapie, who is suspended, and the long-term injured Jeanuel Belocian and Martin Terrier.

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