Roland17: I very well do understand why Dayo and Akpan are craving Madrid, their chances of qualifying for the finals facing Madrid is way higher compared to playing Barca.

Compared to Madrid, Barca dominates possession and this is a huge factor physically and stamina wise during the latter stages of games (80 mins upwards) thus even if u go ahead during the early stages, Barca can always come back to draw or win the game in the latter stages of the game.

Its a very tough match up, Barca have slipped into the gutters of inconsistency especially their defense and i think Bayern can exploit that, but can they hold on?

I am tempted to make predictions in support of Barca, but......

Roland17: Now its Gotze and someone keeps reminding us the Bundesliga is competitive....

eyoniggar: Did I hear some1 say we havent been able to record a win in allianz arena in 3 attempts? Please correct me if am wrong, during the reign of the deadly trio, messi, eto, henry, I remember quite alright when Bayern got mauled 4-1 at the camp nou, we went on to record a second leg victory courtesy of a lone goal by Keita.

nateevs:
Jokers!
And what do you think Bayern will be playing next season with Guardiola and "Muller"
Maybe we should start by asking what attracted Bayern to Guardiola in the first place? Effective football has been working for them so far hasn't it?

Effective football my foot.

usbcable:
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bayern 4
barcelona 0

A-40:

Bros u talk am oh! Did you place a bet on any site cos you would probably be a very rich man now

Every team needs a Thomas Muller mehn! I don't know how many times I've gone on about how cerebral this ninja is and the intensity he brings to Bayern them no born Pep well to not play am if he wants results! Bayern don't play that shyte

Johnpaul88:

You guys were close to tactical perfection.

We were deservedly beaten.

But the scoreline flattered you guys.

FBS:
Mr nateevs thinks otherwise. Can you send him a text message please.

A-40:

No mind Nateevs! Little does he know Thomas Muller would be the first name on his team sheet. Guardiola was not always enamored with tiki-taka he had bruisers like Yaya Toure,Keita,Pique,Alves(still there) once upon a time but somewhere along the line I think he got carried away but his last season in Barca must have thought him a big lesson and last night's game has shown him the importance of a Plan B

usbcable:

see pot calling kettle black.

when you were mentioning 66 goals did you include no of matches? NO.
you choose to highlight what favors you most.

why not let us also mention that benzema was constantly being used as a substitue in the matches he also featured for real madrid unlike Lewandowski that was a constant starter.

or highlight the number of assists
or that it was the inefficiency of Dortmund strikers/Poland (Robert being prominent here) that led to him not playing as much games as Karim in the seasons being talked about.

Analysis is subjective My dear and we all have the effing right to use it to our advantage.(full stop)

Johnpaul88: ^^^
Barca clueless without Messi? But we still manage to get three points and that's the essence of playing the match. With Messi, it'll be easier to get the 3 points but without him, we'll get the points anyway however tough it gets.

But come tuesday, a fully rested and fit Messi will be unleashed and we'll see how you can handle that. If Messi does not get injured again in Munich, i forsee a torrid time for Bayern back line. He's not kicked a ball for like ages. He'll be dying to get his magical left foot to kick one.

A-40:

But its the truth! You guys where clueless! Its not about the margin you won guys like Iniesta,Xavi,Thiago,Villa played poorly!

Anyway unlike other teams we have goal scoring threats of our own so while we know all we have to do is shutdown Messi who do you shutdown for Bayern? If Alves and Alba go on their usual buccaneering runs you can be sure Ribery and Robben would punish em

dayokanu:

Feelers I am hearing has it would be Viktor Kassai the same ref who awarded that useless penalty and yellow card to Alaba at Bernabeu last year

A-40:

He is the one it seems! Hopefully we wouldn't give them any room for any monkey business tho that shouldn't be our focus! This is Barca at its most vulnerable over the last 4 years we have to take advantage

Johnpaul88: ^^^
Barca at their most vulnerable state? You may be surprised as to what will happen on tuesday.

A-40:
I think he would thrive in Dortmund he just needs to be pushed!
Gomez's case is rather puzzling cos you can't fault his goalscoring record asides that he showed at the Euros that he can be more than a goal poacher (the first 3 games) why Joachim Loew chose to drop him for the Greece game I would never know because up till that point he was the best player for Die Mannschaft and was on a roll. Personally I think he needs to work on his confidence,work ethic and psychological conditioning! Mandzukic would probably never be a natural goalscoring machine like Gomez

toba: Gomez only scored in 2 games ar Euro 2012. Low might have dropped him against Greece cos he failed to score in the final group game or just wanted a squad rotation, which paid of in the sense that it was in that game that Marco reus became a force to reckon with.

toba: Gomez only scored in 2 games ar Euro 2012. Low might have dropped him against Greece cos he failed to score in the final group game or just wanted a squad rotation, which paid of in the sense that it was in that game that Marco reus became a force to reckon with.

usbcable: Yawns.

Congrats by the way.

Sadly as much as I want Barca to beat you guys in camp nou it wont be so.

The way they play bilbao this weekend will judge what the likely outcome will be come wednesday.

@A40,

i sadly didnt take any bet. but was i thrilled see the fouth goal from "yea muller baby"(saying it like lil' wayne)

dayokanu: Emre Can Torrr