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Guardiola hopeful of Robben availability

Pep Guardiola is hopeful that Arjen Robben will be fit in time for Bayern Munich's Champions League last-16 second-leg contest against Juventus on Wednesday.

Netherlands winger Robben was rested as Bayern battered Werder Bremen 5-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday with one eye on the return tie versus Juve at the Allianz Arena.

Head coach Guardiola says he remains unsure if Robben will feature, saying at a news conference: "I hope he can play.

"I don't know yet, but I hope so."

The Chile midfielder has been in impressive form recently, though, and Guardiola hailed Vidal's importance to the team.

"Arturo has played well against Darmstadt, in Turin and against Dortmund," he added.

"With his experience he is an important player. In the first few months it was somewhat hard for Arturo. But now it is much better, because we know Arturo better and he knows his colleagues better."