Should not matter. Might even be better like this. Bayern does not have problems away with top teams.
and with a coach whose main invention was to put buddha statues up onto the building - only Ribery and Schweinsteiger are left of the team that played there.Bayern may not have a pb playing away from home but Barca sure plays a lot better at home and with Messi fit.
Sure. But they do that no matter if it is the first or the second match. Bayern in the last 3/4 years fared better with the second leg away.
That's the thing though, it does matter for one team.It sure will be interesting, hoping for a German final tbh. I'm tired of the classicos
I agree, especially against the top teams. We lost the second leg at home to Inter in 2011 and Arsenal this year while going through in the second leg away at Madrid last year, at United in 2010, this year at Juventus. If Barca continues to struggle away from home Bayern could go in the second leg with a home win, which probably helps a lot. Going to Barca in the first leg when they can start playing their own game without any tactical advantages/disadvantages sounds way more dangerous and the tie could be over after one game. I don't mind playing Barca now, they looked incredibly strong in the finals and almost impossible to beat in one decisive game. Let's make the best of their weakness in away games and then let's see what happens in Barcelona.
Are you suggesting it is rigged?
The last 2 English opponents Basel faced did not look good at the end...
Mandzukic for Bayern. No idea about the other teams.
Adriano for Barcelona
It's not beyond them, there's been a lot of mysteriously convenient draws down the years. Platini might have fallen out with Blatter but he'd have learnt a lot from the master of the dark arts.
Ourselves and Spurs both made them look better than they were. The surprise element is gone.The last 2 English opponents Basel faced did not look good at the end...
They seem to like English teams...
Very true.The group stages are one thing and a CL semi is entirely different.Experience will be Dortmund's main weakness
Inter in 2010 played great football in every game in the knockout stages. Real didn't look better against United or Galatasaray compared to October, I don't think anything has changed at Real. I think they'll go through because Dortmund is way too wasteful but not because Mourinho makes smart tactical changes. He was outsmarted in the CL by Heynckes last year, by Ferguson and Klopp this year. Besides establishing a great counterattacking system that works well against Barca he hasn't brought much to Real, imo. They should play way better football with the players available. But who cares if they win the CL this year which is very likely.
Against Barca you will not win holding the ball in midfield - so Kroos ain't the one to miss. Against Barca you win with winning the ball and go for goal as fast as possible. Against Real or Dortmund it could be different - but you will not win against Barca imitating Barca...
There are also question marks about whether they can get to that next step and win and be a dominant force over many years.
There were several teams that tried to attack against Bayern in the last years. Bayern played all the european top teams over the last 3 years, including United, City, Real, Juventus and Dortmund. Do you really think that none of those teams ever tried to attack? Most of the players played Spain with their nationalteams as well, have lots of experience against great pressing thanks to Dortmund. Bayern haven't faced Barca, didn't have to defend against someone like Messi, that's true. But I'm pretty sure Barca never faced a team with comparable abilities to Bayern's either. I don't think it will be because of inexperience if Barca wins.
I'm not sure the current Bayern team is any better than the United team of 07-09 that Barca faced to be fair. Infact, up until that game in May, that United team was the best team in the world.
Yes. Except the last time they met.
I wasn't talking about "better". Bayern now has totally different qualities than Inter 2010 or United 2007-09 and should play Barca in a different way, imo. Bayern can't defend deep like United in 2008 or Inter in 2010.
Bayern - Real as a final would be great. It's long overdue. It's the most played european tie in the history of the tournament, Real has been to 12 CL finals, Bayern to 9 (that's 21 out of 57 finals), but they never met in the final. About time.
