Champions League semi-final draw results: Barca finds it difficult to repay 0-7 debt

(Baonghean) - The draw of luck in this year's Champions League semi-final matches has brought Barca up against Bayern Munich. In the 2012-2013 season, in the semi-finals, Barca was defeated by the Bavarian Tigers with a total score of 0-7. Therefore, the confrontation between these two elite representatives is an opportunity for Messi and his teammates to repay the debt they owed. However, it is not easy for Barca to do this, especially when the captain of the "Gray Tigers" is Pep Guardiola - a person who understands Barca down to the last detail.

In the semi-finals of the 2012-2013 Champions League, the season in which Pep Guardiola said goodbye to Barca after a period of great success and his assistant Tito Vilanova took over the duties on the coaching bench. Tito Vilanova led the mighty army to Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena with great confidence in the first leg. However, after 90 minutes, the score of 4-0 in favor of the home team shocked the whole world and very few people could believe in a comeback in the second leg, except for Barca fans. And indeed, in the second leg at the Nou Camp, Barca conceded another 3 unanswered goals. The humiliating defeat after 2 matches with a score of 0-7 was something no one could have imagined. In that defeat, people talked less about the immaturity of coach Tito Vilanova, but mainly about Messi's cowardice, because as the club's number 1 striker, he used the excuse of poor health to let his teammates "fight" on the field. At that time, everyone knew that the Argentine player did not believe that his team would overcome, so he wanted to use the excuse of health to avoid playing, and in the end, as he predicted, Barca once again failed.

Thomas Muller was confident surrounded by Barca players in the second leg of the 2012-2013 semi-final. Photo: Internet

This season, the draw of luck has brought the two teams to face each other in the semi-finals. The first leg will take place on May 5 at the Nou Camp stadium, which will certainly be an emotional match. Because in this match, football fans are waiting to see what Barca will do to repay the huge debt they have borrowed. They are waiting for a special person who once made the Catalan club famous. That is strategist Pep Guardiola - the creator of the extremely beautiful Tiki-taka football that captivated people and made the name of this bullfighting club famous. But now, in the position of Beyern captain, he will go up against the team where he was very successful both as a player and as a coach. With a professional working style, he certainly will not let his personal feelings for this Catalan team affect the achievements of the club he is currently leading. Therefore, this will be a big difficulty for the Nou Camp team, because Pep understands very well that the playing style he created is still being applied by his former students.

With Barca, people are talking a lot about perfection at this time. This is completely reasonable, because if you look at the impressive achievements this season. Under coach Luis Enrique, Messi and his teammates have had 42 wins/50 matches. Besides that, the attack line exploded with the "atomic" trio Messi - Neymar - Suarez, these 3 players from South America have had extremely harmonious combinations and are a nightmare for all defenses. However, on the other side of the front line, although they do not have the strongest squad, if you look at the way they tortured Porto at home at Allianz Arena in the second leg and won 6-1 to enter the semi-finals, it is enough to know the strength of the "Gray Tigers".

Therefore, the match on May 5th will not be easy for the trio Messi - Neymar - Suarez to do many things, especially when Beyern's defense is always highly appreciated, while the carelessness of the last stopper in front of Barca's goal has never brought peace of mind to their fans. Therefore, many experts have predicted that Barca will find it difficult to recover the huge debt they have borrowed.

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