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Originally Posted by demonrail666
It was a bad performance but all teams have them, look at Barca's first leg against Milan. And at least Bayern had the excuse that they'd effectively already beaten Arsenal in the first match, so could afford to cruise a bit. They have the quality but it's how they bounce back from such a poor display.
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i know, but as a fan, it ruined my afternoon, ha ha ha
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Originally Posted by demonrail666
Tomorrow's quarter final draw will be fascinating. I just hope it keeps Bayern and Barca apart so they can hopefully meet in the final. I still think they're the two best sides in the competition, regardless of the blips we've seen from both of them. I really want this final to be a proper contest between the two best sides in Europe (and by logical extension, arguably the world). That never happened last year with Chelsea winning it and ended up proving nothing and, while no single game can entirely prove anything, a Barca v Bayern final will be about as close to conclusive as it gets.
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that would be nice but... don't write off juventus so quickly...
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Originally Posted by demonrail666
And just out of interest, as you know far more about Bayern than I do, I'm wondering how many of their players you think would get into the current Barca first 11. Neuer in goal and Lahm in defence, for sure, but player for player could you see any others, given the calibre of talent they'd be ousting? Schweinsteiger for Xavi? No way. Ribery for Iniesta? Nope. Gomez for Messi? Haha. But are they even the right pairings?
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actually in style of play w/ the magnetic legs & mad dribbling i'd pair ribery with la pulga, although they play in different roles and their teams take different shapes.
e.g.
this one from proposed formations march 12
i couldn't find a better one of bayern but let's try this one for their more-or-less first team
although yesterday they started like this
on the wings i think ribery is better than pedro or alexis sanchez. iniesta's role is more like kroos maybe, and iniesta is better. xavi/busquets vs. schweinsteiger/javi martinez, barca is better (the spaniards should probably have more varied names, dammit-- xavi, javi, xabi.. ayayay...).
alaba > alba though, lahm > dani alves, neuer > valdes, piqué > badstuber > puyol (old). oh i am getting headaches. more of this later.
i think xavi/iniesta/messi are the axis that fuels barca though and they are hard to stop, and without badstuber and javi martinez would be a bitch to even try stopping them. but who knows. bayern i think has better defenders.
what time is this draw?