Bayern dethrone mighty Barca

 

Bayern celebrating in last years Champions League Final *** image courteys of zimbio ***

Such is the nature of football that even in a score-line as emphatic as 4-0, it is the slimmest of margins that illuminate.

As such, it has been coming for some time now. Barcelona was bound to lose out someday. Dethroned they have been, but nobody thought it would come in this way.

Of the many traits that have been bestowed on this Barcelona side is the fact that it was never expected that they would capitulate in the same manner that Johan Cruyff’s Dream Team did in the 1994 Final. Whereas Cruyff considered identity above everything else, this Barca side had the insatiable desire to produce results on a constant occasion. Thus success has

Arsenal’s long wait for a Champions League may yet be even longer

Arsenal concede a third away goal to Bayern Munich * image courtesy of zimbio *

The noise was deafening as the crowd was silenced. Cheers turned into jeers as the boos filled the air.

Toni Kroos struck, Thomas Muller pounced and Mario Mandzukic, rather fortuitously, looped it in. Not even the head of Lukas Podolski could save face for a team that for most of the 90 minutes looked to have lost its head. It meant that the only ones flying at The Emirates were the Bavarians.

In his match programme notes prior to Arsenal’s Champions League Round of 16 first leg tie against Bayern Munchen, Arsene Wenger called for