Never thought I would end up supporting and praising a German team, but I did last night. The precisoun, flow, spirit, and energy of their assault on Mouirinho´s Real Madrid contributed to making last night´s semi-final the best game so far of this season´s Champion´s League. I doubt the final will come anywhere near this. If Bayern repeats this performance, it will destroy Chelsea.
In Sitges last night the sports bars were mostly empty. Those that were not, resonated to ecstatic cries of celebration. For Barca fans, seeing Ronaldo´s blunder in the penalty shoot out was a sweet moment. It helped overcome the dissapointments of recent days.
But in fairness to Real Madrid, they too played a great offensive game, full of spirit, which should give Barca further cause for thought about why they have found it so difficult to score goals of late.
Meanmwhile international football this week has given us an indication of what we might expect from this summer´s European Championships. The Germans are looking strong, but so is Spain if Vicente Del Bosque can work his alchemy on Barca and Real Madrid players whose collective morale has taken a knock this week.
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