Barca:
NO MORE SURPRISES!
It
was a shock to everyone that Barca lost as much as they did against
Bayern. Everyone was expecting a close match-up given that these two
teams are one of the highest ratings in football. Before the game
even started the was a media blitz about Lionel Messi being able to
recover fast enough so that he could play. Apparently, he did play
its just the fact the Bayern was overwhelmingly better than Barca. It
might hurt some people, might even get violent reactions, but like
the saying goes, the truth always hurts.
Bayern
eagerly proved right away that they wanted to be the team to beat in
the Champions League. Having Thomas Muller score two goals and
setting up two others just shows how good and effective he can be.
Under his leadership, they would really give a heavy pounding on any
team they face off with. Bayern used their size advatange to dominate
in the air on set pieces, at times simply bullying Barca into
submission.
Barcelona
really had hoped that they would get the extra boost from Lionel
Messi's return, who started after missing three La Liga games with a
hamstring injury. But Messi proved to be powerless to Bayner's
blanketing defense and clearly not fit, was virtually invisible. He
was allowed only one shot and saw little of the ball.
At
the closing seconds of the match, Barcelona seemed to be praying for
the game to end. They look like they just wanted to get out of
Bavaria and hopefully turn the tables around in Camp Nou stadium. It
is safe to say that Barcelona will be playing for pride now since no
team has ever came back from a 0-4 loss deficit in the second leg of
the Champions League.
On
May 2 at 02:45(GMT+8), will Barcelona get a chance to redeem
themselves after their embarassing loss? Can Bayern deliver another
shock value? Will Barca recover?
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