Ribery admits Bayern feeling heat

BERLIN - Bayern Munich’s France star Franck Ribery has admitted the Bavarians are finding it tough playing on average every three days despite their seven-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.

Monday, November 12, 2012
Frank Ribery.

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Schalke 04     2 - 1     BremenFC Augsburg     1 - 3      DortmundFortuna     1 - 1     HoffenheimSC Freiburg     0 - 0     Hamburger SVBERLIN - Bayern Munich’s France star Franck Ribery has admitted the Bavarians are finding it tough playing on average every three days despite their seven-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.Ribery netted Bayern’s 44th-minute opener in Saturday’ 2-0 win at home to Eintracht Frankfurt at the Allianz Arena after being set up by Spain’s Javi Martinez for his third league goal of the season.Austria midfielder David Alaba put the victory beyond doubt when he netted a second-half penalty after Germany star Bastian Schweinsteiger was fouled in the area to help Munich claim their tenth win in 11 league games.But Ribery says the relentless stream of Bundesliga, Champions League and German Cup matches are taking their toll on Munich who, like all Germany’s Champions League teams, have played two games a week for the last month."Playing every three days doesn’t make it easy, and that was the case here,” admitted the 29-year-old Ribery, who joined Munich in 2007.France coach Didier Deschamps has included Ribery in his squad for Wednesday’s friendly against Italy in Parma.