Should Juventus win Wednesday in Bordeaux, the only thing left for Bayern is to secure a place in the Europa League that goes to the third-place finisher in the group.

Bordeaux, which qualified with its 2-0 win at Bayern in the previous round, leads Group A with 10 points, two more than the Italians. Bayern, which hosts last-place Maccabi Haifa, is third with four points. Under the best scenario, Bayern could still qualify with a last-match win in Turin.

Ahead of the game in Munich, embattled coach Louis van Gaal got some badly needed backing from the front office _ at least for the time being.

"We have given him our full backing for the next weeks. We told him that we'll all strive to solve the problems together," general manager Uli Hoeness said.

President Franz Beckenbauer said van Gaal was still searching for he right formula, but added: "I think he is the right one."

Bayern is unlikely to make a change before Friday's club meeting, when Hoeness is scheduled to replace Beckenbauer, who moves onto the supervisory board.

Only last week, Hoeness and Beckenbauer both questioned van Gaal's methods and the coach has looked increasingly isolated. Italy striker Luca Toni apparently has been dropped after acknowledging he had a problem with van Gaal. Toni missed the 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday with what was officially called a "muscle problem."

Bayern has drawn its last three Bundesliga games and is still six points behind leader Leverkusen.

The mass-circulation Bild newspaper, which pays Beckenbauer as a columnist, on Tuesday predicted van Gaal would be gone during the Christmas break and printed a list of possible successors (Matthias Sammer, Guus Hiddink, Thomas Schaaf).

Beckenbauer and others have said that the board would analyze the situation during the break before making a decision on the future.

Van Gaal's predecessor, Juergen Klinsmann, also did not last a full season.

As for the match against Maccabi, van Gaal cautioned his team against taking the Israeli opposition lightly despite Bayern's 3-0 win away.

"I won't make the mistake of booking it already as a victory," van Gaal said. "It's not a light rival and it's not going to be that easy."

Winger Arjen Robben is doubtful after aggravating a knee injury and the team's other star, Franck Ribery, is out with a long-term knee problem.