Pizarro ready to return for Bayern

Bayern Munich should be able to field their first-choice strike partnership for Tuesday's Champions League clash with Chelsea after Claudio Pizarro said he had fully recovered from his hamstring injury.

"I feel fit and I have no more problems," the Peruvian international said after coming through a training session on Sunday.

Dutchman Roy Makaay, Pizarro's regular partner up front, returned for Bayern in Saturday's 2-1 win at home to

Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Both Makaay and Pizarro missed Bayern's 4-2 defeat in the quarter-final first leg in London last week.

Their return would be a huge boost to the German side's chances of staging a recovery.

Pizarro scored two of the goals in the side's 3-1 win over Arsenal at the Olympic Stadium in the last round, while Makaay has notched seven goals in the Champions League this season.

Source: REUTERS
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