Austeenx:


Bayern Munich also have only one focus; Eliminating Barcelona.

sebod:

And by what measure, standard and yardstick will they eliminate Barca? It's so funny how some guys so much overate this Bayern team. What exactly is so spectacular about them please?

Johnpaul88:
Bayern are getting the ultimate beating of their life come 5th. MSN will show no mercy. I have watched this Bayern side often, I can't see how we can't beat them blue.

Iaz93:
Worry not, people. Next season still dey.

My only prayer is: The goals shouldn't be too much. I hate it when a Spanish club is being flogged mercilessly. Make una try defend small too... and make una try score one goal abeg. Don't go out there and embarrass La Liga. Biko!

Johnpaul88:
Bayern are getting the ultimate beating of their life come 5th. MSN will show no mercy. I have watched this Bayern side often, I can't see how we can't beat them blue.

Uricas:

like you didn't see when you drink 7up

A40:
I like and I'm equally amused at the overconfidence on display here. More mouth was made the last time out. While we might not have MSN but we have Robben, Mueller, Goetze and Lewandowski barring any injuries we also have Phillip Lahm, Alcantara in the midfield also Schweinsteiger who has Messi's pincode.

Not forgetting your former coach who would want to prove a point. Its a 50-50 tie with both teams equally matched, you might argue Bayern has weaknesses but you guys do too! guys are talking about the Porto first leg but I saw the Valencia game and even the second leg vs PSG all I'd say is if una try that one with Bayern Eni duro wo tan. Its a toss-up and neither team is a clear favorite

A40:

Hahaha even you! Some things would never change

Austeenx:


Bayern Munich also have only one focus; Eliminating Barcelona.

AjanleKoko:
Most of you cules are talking smack. Are you guys really watching these games?

Bayern go beat us oh. I don't trust Enrique. His secret desire has been to switch to 4-2-3-1 with double pivot. Every time he has tried it, the result has been horrible. The only area where he has done well in my view is managing player fitness. Our guys have relatively come to the business end

We have been mostly better due to our fearsome attack, which can easily be neutralized by cutting off supply, as well as e. We don't have the players to control the middle of the park. Check out the last Clasico and the game against Valencia. We won both games, but the slimmest margins of errors, coupled with poor luck on the part of opposition.

Yeah, we won, but one thing was clear to me from both games: against really tough opposition, Lucho doesn't prepare matches very well. He comes with a pre-conceived idea of how he wants to play, not based on how the opponent will play, and what the opponent's strengths are. Playing 4-2-3-1 against Valencia was a big mistake. A highly mobile, aggressive, and physical side that will press high up the pitch against our players, and will likely win 90% of 1v1 balls. We were very lucky to survive the first half without conceding at least 2 goals. He immediately corrected this in the second half by getting rid of Adriano (worst player on the pitch who could simply not cope with the pace of Sevilla players on the flank), moved Mathieu to the left, Mascherano to central, and Rakitic in at midfield, and the game evened out much better.

Pep knows the team very well, and he's someone that can prepare a game much better than Enrique. He also has aggressive ball players, better ball players than we do. All he has to do is put us under pressure, and force errors. Our team doesn't have the pace, the pressing intensity is not the same as it used to be, our play is more vertical now, and we don't have as many defensive-minded forwards or midfielders as Bayern does.

philfearon:

After playing against:
Athletico Madrid
Sevilla
Man City
Valencia
Real Madrid
PSG;
Without loosing anyone,only a fool will doubt Barca's ability of winning Bayern(might not be comfortably though)...

Johnpaul88:
MSN would prove to be the ultimate difference. Your quaking and trembling defence will have no where to hide.

Johnpaul88:
I hear Badstuber is out for the season and that it would be Dante all the way! I can almost hear Suarez licking his lips. You saw us against Valencia? But we won! You guyz will soon know again what it means to face a fully fit Messi and Neymar. This is not a 50-50 tie but a 65-35 tie in Barca favour. So much have changed since last we met. I'm sure Messi and co would do anything to set the record straight ones and for all. Guardiola would never assemble the same team as he did in Barca

Eruditor:


On the contrary, you are the one who only celebrates scorelines and not what you actually watched. If Bayern had beaten PSG 6-1 at the Allianz arena, you would have said they were easy opponents- that's how insular you are. Your posts reek it.

Some of us can differentiate between our love for the club and how to manage our expectations. I can prove it. Bring your posts when we had to play Bayern in 2013. I am sure you expected us to beat them 5-1 over both legs like we did in 2009. I am sure because you are making the same exaggerations now and accusing others of doing same. Risible init?

A40:

MSN ko Gmail ni! we have Mueller, Robben, Goetze and Lewandowski.

raumdeuter:
Ok Its Barcelona again. The toughest draw we could have got given our injury crisis.

I think Barcelona have the slight edge. They dont have any injuries, their players are in better form and they have the most potent strikeforce

Bayern is missing Alaba, Ribery, Badstuber . Robben Martinez, Benatia and Schweinsteriger are just coming back from injuries and are doubts

Not everything favours Barca though, The advantage Bayern has is Guardiola who is a better tactician than Lucho

To the tactics, Guardiola would most likely play 3-4-3 against Barca and would most likely sit deeper..

The key to Barca winning is to press our weakened defence line and target Dante and Alonso who are very error prone and slow.

AMong Barcelona strikers, Suarez is the one who does the most pressing and would be very key in these games

The key to Bayern winning is to set up deeper, and lob balls over Barcelona first line of press, Isolate Robben and Lewandoski with Barcelonas defenders especially in wide areas. Muller to close down Busquets and deny him time on the ball to pick out passes while Thiago dictates play

Its going to be a very good matchup There would be no blow outs like 7-0 this time, I expect a close game in Nou Camp and both teams go all out in Munich

This would be great games for Pep and Thiago.

If Bayern doesnt win, I would rather Barcelona win than Madrid. To be honest Barca have played tough teams all through and made it past them,

See you on the pitch. All these 65-35, 95-5 ends the moment referee blows the whistle and it becomes 11-11

raumdeuter:
Ok Its Barcelona again. The toughest draw we could have got given our injury crisis.

I think Barcelona have the slight edge. They dont have any injuries, their players are in better form and they have the most potent strikeforce

Bayern is missing Alaba, Ribery, Badstuber . Robben Martinez, Benatia and Schweinsteriger are just coming back from injuries and are doubts

Not everything favours Barca though, The advantage Bayern has is Guardiola who is a better tactician than Lucho

To the tactics, Guardiola would most likely play 3-4-3 against Barca and would most likely sit deeper..

The key to Barca winning is to press our weakened defence line and target Dante and Alonso who are very error prone and slow.

AMong Barcelona strikers, Suarez is the one who does the most pressing and would be very key in these games

The key to Bayern winning is to set up deeper, and lob balls over Barcelona first line of press, Isolate Robben and Lewandoski with Barcelonas defenders especially in wide areas. Muller to close down Busquets and deny him time on the ball to pick out passes while Thiago dictates play

Its going to be a very good matchup There would be no blow outs like 7-0 this time, I expect a close game in Nou Camp and both teams go all out in Munich

This would be great games for Pep and Thiago.

If Bayern doesnt win, I would rather Barcelona win than Madrid. To be honest Barca have played tough teams all through and made it past them,

See you on the pitch. All these 65-35, 95-5 ends the moment referee blows the whistle and it becomes 11-11

Austeenx:


They'll eliminate Barcelona because Enrique will decide to use a double pivot in those games.

philfearon:

With the exception of Lewy,Shey all of them were fit when Madrid hammered you guys last season(whilst you were busy coasting home with relatively easy draws along)?
Against Shaktar and Porto,you guys were shit in Ur away matches..In your return leg,u guys needed a much contemptuous red card in order to come to life against Shaktar..
And then u guys used 26 minutes to score 5 goals against a silly Porto team(which Uefa should look into cuz those goals are all suspicious, considering that u guys couldn't score them earlier in the first leg),and all of a sudden u think u guys are favorites?
Keep dreaming ...

bykebyke:
Guardiola:" FC Barcelona is the best team in the world at the moment."

Franz Beckenbauer: "Barca are the favourites for me, It's not that Bayern do not stand a chance, but they are not the favourites."





May never reach sef mind games don start.

A40:

We don't mind being the underdogs. We were the last time