But a Bayern Munich-FC Barcelona clash at any point of the leading European event often has people rubbing our hands in wonderful expectation - two sides of reputation with true approaching philosophies and no cloak and dagger stuff. Once the two sides last met in your competitors, in the 2008-09 quarterfinals, so blown away were Bayern by Barca's quick moving game that it moved Bayern's Mark van Bommel to exclaim that if they played such as this, it'd be near-impossible for anyone to overcome Barcelona. Maybe it had been this 2009 show that usually gives the Catalans a spring in their step at the prospect of facing a side - they arrive in Munich on the back of an unbeaten streak in Germany. Last season, they removed Bayer Leverkusen 10-2 on combination, with Lionel Messi getting the very first man to report five times in a CL sport. This time around, however, the story seems slightly different. Bayern appear more ready and comfortable in their skin when facing their ball-hogging opponents. Needless to say, it will help that the certain doubt seems to float over Barcelona's outings today, but under Jupp Heynckes Bayern are their own men. They'll discard what many teams frequently embrace against Barcelona's passing and pressing tactics only to eventually die at it - that's, of allowing them to determine play. This doesn't mean that they'll perform a Mourinho - pack the support with seven men or more and aspire to hurt them on the break. The theory here is the Germans may work in at Barcelona - in Ribery, Robben and that compact, swift Swiss Shaqiri they've their very own type of Ronaldo and Di Maria. Their development has stability, and allows Bayern to perform a whole lot. Against Barca's tiring legs and exhausted thoughts, this might work wonders. As opposed to Barcelona's mostly-fluid 4-3-3 (or the 3-4-3), Bayern play this lovely, and equally successful, 4-2-3-1 program. The existence of a defensive display (Bastian Schweinsteiger and Javi Martinez) encourages plenty of speed and traveling along the flanks in to the remaining third. Defensively, Barcelona will need to take care to not lose too many balls through the attack-minded Jordi Alba and Dani Alves across the wings. Also, with Bayern often having a lone striker (Mario Gomez in for his hanging namesake Mandzukic), does it make it easier then for Barca's unsettled main defense of Marc Bartra and Gerard Pique? At another end, it'd be fascinating how Bayern counter Barcelona's three-man, ghost-striker attack. Would the Spanish part follow the exact same strategies because they did in the 'perfect game' against Milan? With Dante appearing the weak link in defense, how Xavi and Iniesta function around Schweinsteiger and Martinez must prove the evening's highlight. Italy national team typical Martinez is up against his old friend and foe, Sergio Busquets, whose unique existence in the Barcelona's defensive gap makes him the impossible fulcrum of the side. Will the decider be proven by this unique all-Spanish matchup?
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