UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Date: Tuesday, 12th May
Kick off: 19:45 BST
Venue: Allianz Arena

Bayern Munich will "battle to the end" as they
bid to overhaul a 3-0 first-leg deficit in Tuesday's
Champions League semi-final with Barcelona.
The German champions lost the first leg of their
quarter-final 3-1 in Porto but won the home leg 6-1. And Bayern boss Pep Guardiola, who used to manage Barca, said: "The only way we can make the final is by playing better than Barcelona and doing what we did in the second half [of the first leg].


"Our only desire is try until the end."

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge knows the odds are
stacked heavily against Bayern Munich ahead o
its UEFA Champions League meeting with
Barcelona.

Bayern Munich faces a mammoth task in its UEFA
Champions League semifinal second leg against
Barcelona, and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is praying for a "once in a century" display.
In last week's opening leg at Camp Nou, Bayern
matched Barca for 75 minutes until Lionel
Messi inspired Luis Enrique's side to a commanding 3-0 lead. The Argentine maestro scored the opening two goals before setting up Neymar for the third in stoppage time as the Catalan giant moved to the brink of its fourth final in the past 10 seasons.
Bayern's preparation for this clash has been less than ideal, with Pepe Reina - who started in goal in place of the rested Manuel Neuer on Saturday - lasting just 13 minutes before being sent off in a 1-0 home defeat to Augsburg. However, already crowned Bundesliga champion, the defeat is of little consequence to Bayern, and chief executive Rummenigge is hoping his club can achievewhat is seemingly an impossible task at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday.

"It is going to be very hard," he said. "Barcelona were the favorites in the first place and after the game that status grew. This is normal when you get this sort of result. But nonetheless, it is the duty of Bayern Munich to put on their best performance on Tuesday. We will see if it will be enough. Our chances are very, very small, but in football there is always one game in a century where you can turn the tides.

"They are rare, I know, but it is our responsibility to give all we can. If it is not enough you can't change it but you at least have to try."
Bayern's build-up to the game has also been
disrupted by rumors that head coach and former
Barca boss Pep Guardiola has signed a pre-contract
agreement to move to Manchester City at the end of this season.
But although Bayern's hopes of a treble have been
dashed by last week's defeat to Barca and a DFB-
Pokal semifinal loss to Borussia Dortmund,
Rummenigge believes 2014-15 will still go down as a success.

"If I was have write a report on our season so far, it would be very positive," he added.

By contrast, Barca is very much on course for the
treble, with a Copa del Rey final against Athletic
Bilbao to look forward to, while Saturday's 2-0 win
over Real Sociedad and Real Madrid's 2-2 draw with Valencia gave it a four-point lead at the top of La Liga with two matches remaining.

Luis Enrique's men are on a blistering run of form at just the right time, winning all of their last eight
matches, scoring 28 goals and keeping seven
consecutive clean sheets.












Who's your pick for Berlin?

Messi for Berlin









No MESSI









No Berlin

1 :2 away team win

Barca all the way

Hmmmn. Get ready for an epic match

barca all the way