Well I find Juve a horrible football club based on what I said.

It may be time to move on but I don't like cheats who match fixed their way to titles.

 

That wasn't the only time either.

 

Then there was the PED scandal. Dick Pound, the former head of WADA, said Juve should have been stripped of everything they won from 94 to 98.

I hope Barca are denied umpteen stonewall penalties and lose 3-0.

Bit like the election, really not sure who to side with...can't stand pep, but can't stand barca either...ugh

Bit like the election, really not sure who to side with...can't stand pep, but can't stand barca either...ugh

Me too. Would love to see Barca get an absolute pasting but I hate Guardiola's Bayern.

Reckon Suarez, Messi and Neymar will be the difference tonight

Barca start with their usual 4-3-3, not sure what to expect from Bayern - the back four seems fairly obvious, is the midfield a diamond (Alonso-Lahm-Schweinsteiger-Alcantara) with Muller and Lewandowski up front?

 

Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Alba; Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta; Messi, Suarez, Neymar.

 

Bayern Munich: Neuer; Rafinha, Benatia, Boateng, Bernat; Alonso, Lahm, Schweinsteiger; Thiago; Muller, Lewandowski.

 

I think Pep has tried to pick the most bizarre lineup possible.

 

In other news, Spanish domestic football has just been suspended over a TV rights dispute!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32618821

Barca v Bayern, how not to defend, end to end stuff.

That save by Neuer. Wow

Right, this is my best guess, with the back three man marking:

 

-------------------Neuer

-----Benatia-----Boateng----Rafinha

Muller-------Lahm-----Alonso-------Bernat

-------------------Alcantara

------Lewandowski------Schweinsteiger

 

 

This is absolute f**king madness. It's either one of the most innovative tactical displays of the year, or complete and total suicide. Either way this is brilliant, I love football.

wow gotze not starting ?!??!

 

quick question , why did pep leave barca ?

I think Pep has tried to pick the most bizarre lineup possible.

 

In other news, Spanish domestic football has just been suspended over a TV rights dispute!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32618821

 

Crazy, although it's the only way to get it done.

wow how u miss that

Haha it's gone back to [more] normal now. Something like this:

 

---------------------Neuer

Rafinha----Boateng---Benatia---Bernat

--------------------Alonso

-------------Lahm--------Schwein

---------------Muller-----Tiago

----------------Lewandowski

Fair play to Rizzoli, he's really letting the game flow. Most European refs would have given a ton of fouls by now.

Getting bit bored of Neville and Tyler jizzing over this game...it's been pretty good, but hardly the classic they keep going on about

This game, so far, has evolved in the way I envisaged two teams pressing each other to a ridiculous degree. One team would be on top, meaning the other alters and then it becomes fairly standard attack v defence.

Barring opening 15 mins, Bayern are playing little differently to how we would..but as it's pep, it's really entertaining, not negative, blah blah blah

Getting bit bored of Neville and Tyler jizzing over this game...it's been pretty good, but hardly the classic they keep going on about

Felt like I was watching a different game to them, the Juventus match has been better so far.

And what pep did at the start wasn't brave, brilliant, just stupid and he is lucky to still be in the tie let alone the game

And what pep did at the start wasn't brave, brilliant, just stupid and he is lucky to still be in the tie let alone the game

What did he do?

Felt like I was watching a different game to them, the Juventus match has been better so far.

Lost count of times both sides have given away possession with a Sloppy pass...early on Neville said something about the style of play in English football compared to this....it's like sky arrived with an agenda to hype it from the start

What did he do?

Played three at the back, went man for man on Suarez, Neymar and Messi and his team should have been two or three down, but for bad final pass, good save or lucky deflection

Barring opening 15 mins, Bayern are playing little differently to how we would..but as it's pep, it's really entertaining, not negative, blah blah blah

Yeah I wish I was obsessive enough to have taken screen shots and short clips to demonstrate how bayern (from minute 15) have played pretty similarly to how we have in these sort of games.

And inevitably there are loads of idiots about making snide remarks about Jose parking the bus etc

Bayern have yet to have a shot on target...tactical genius that pep