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Lahm: Everyone starts from zero in the Champions League

The Bayern Munich fullback says he is looking forward to taking another tilt at Europe's top competition after three consecutive semifinal appearances.

After two games, we have six points in the Bundesliga. Tuesday, it is our first Champions League match.

Ottmar Hitzfeld always said that the Champions League is a completely different competition. It is not comparable with the league. Everything that you have achieved against your domestic competitors does not count. It starts from zero. The most important thing is to recoup oneself at home.

Our first opponent is FK Rostov. Russian teams are technically strong, they like to play with the ball and they are not that straightforward in their attacking game as the teams of the European top leagues are.