Bayern Munich vs. FC Barcelona, 4-0

[flywoman]

Was it Robbery or were we just Mannschafted?

Full disclosure: Between work and lousy livestreams, I only got to watch bits and pieces of the match. I managed to miss all four goals, although I hear rumors that one, possibly more, should have been ruled offside. I also read something about two penalties not given, although I don't know whether they would have been in our favor or not. What I did see was hard pressing by Bayern, very little penetration by our forwards, including Messi playing as a false 9 when clearly neither Alexis nor Pedro was going to provide a goal, and Jordi Alba losing his shit and throwing the ball in Robben's face. So those of you who actually caught the action, wtf happened out there? And can I blame Pique's hair?

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[flywoman.livejournal.com]

I definitely got the impression that they outplayed us. I figured that Messi would insist on playing before he was fully recovered, and I'd say that it hurt us except that I'm not sure that anyone else would have done better (ditto Tito's conspicuous failure to sub).

Bartra has great potential, and yeah, it's hardly fair to demand that he score as well as defend. I'm glad that he played well.

I agree, the combination is just frightening.

Ah well, if Madrid make it to the final, they are going to get hammered.