The week of the bloodbath. Barcelona went to whisper their sorrows to Hannibal Lector while Bayern Munich, a group of ruthless individuals, don't care about the last decade. One summer, they beat Real Madrid 9-1 in a friendly that nobody saw and, another summer, they beat Barcelona 8-2 in a game shown across the world.
Bayern are a changer of lives. The histories of Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona would be different without this club. They're hated, feared and admired in equal measure. The number of apocalypses they've caused is higher than the number of European Cups they've won, which is somehow only five.
There are teams that take their foot off the gas when they're already six goals up against an opponent of considerable stature. Bayern put their foot down and get annoyed when the match is over. They are programmed to do damage.
Gerd Muller's goal
One famous day in 1976, a Bayern team consisting of Franz Beckenbauer, Uli Hoeness, Sepp Maiar and Gerd 'Torpedo' Muller visited the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu for a European Cup game. Real Madrid went ahead and then something extraordinary happened. During a replay on TV, the camera cut to Torpedo Muller celebrating a goal. That was Bayern Munich. They scored goals when you weren't watching them to freeze your blood. That goal wasn't seen and still isn't watched.
Unfortunately for Barcelona, the goals in Lisbon didn't suffer from technical interruptions. What we saw in Lisbon was a team offering a bag of crisps to Keith Richards, who didn't use watches. He picked up the packet, threw it on the floor, stamped on it and called the owner for another year.
When we see Barcelona again, Quique Setien, who has aged 10 years in six months, won't be their coach. There were two sentences in his short spell there. "I can only guarantee one thing: my team is going to play well", "We're going to enjoy ourselves." There are no guarantees in football.
Creating a Barcelona that reminds people of Johan Cruyff and Pep Guardiola with the promise of being a Picasso was too risky.
SH3012
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Barça Players Drank 8Up Before The Match😂😂
sehajbains_02
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Messi to Bayern 👉 We are not London team 🤒 We are from Barcelona and it's in Spain [Hitface]
Messi-goat10
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Respect to Bayern from a barca fan.. you guys deserve the treble this year. What a team.. good luck for the rest of competition.
mzeereal
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Bayern players don't have feelings.. They are on another level entirely.. Beating Barcelona is something beyond imagination
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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I dont think people understand Bayern Munich. For the first 20 minutes theyll let you think you have a chance then the next 70 minutes is hell. Also I found it funny that Barca fans said and I quote "We arent Chelsea". Bet youd love to be after last night. Bayern as I said before even the Spurs 2nd leg are the best team in the world, this is a reality everyone has to accept and know that you are going into these games as 2nd best. I'm actually very surprise at the fact that we were 1 of the better teams in Bayern Munichs path but upon further analysis, we play a carbon copy of their football but with worse players. That's their weakness it's also why they had a hard time against Liverpool last year. Bayern are a team that play total football, a style based on organisation, pressing, workrate and spreading responsibility. For them our system is a good counter if the team was better. But against possession teams like City and Barca who are really good while mainly on the ball, a team like Bayern will have an incredible amount of fun. Chelsea and Bayerns biggest gap was quality, I dont think our tactics were off at all. With Barca it was always tactical they play that wishy washy possession football and it's easily countered by a team like Bayern. Flick proved Setien is an awful manager, he probably has way more respect for a 1 year experience Lampard than for Setien tbh.