Bayern München 2, Juventus 0

I'm sure that Limey ref was much worse than the Kraut who gave Ibrahimovich a goal on a clear off side in the PSG Barca game and then commenced to award Ibra the softest yellow card foul in history.

What happened to Kroos? Messi went down with a hamstring.

Looked like a torn groin muscle. According to kicker.de, he's out for six weeks. Won't affect the Bundesliga, of course, but the semifinals come within those six weeks.

Ouch. Good player. Too bad.

Where have I heard Bayern beating Italian opposition two-nil before?

I guess we'll find out on Friday whether it's Germany v. Spain in the semifinals or the final.

Cocky, ain't we? I hope you play Real and beat them to a pulp, but I will be supporting Barca the rest of the way.

At least some of us have a team still playing European football this season.

We played traditional Tottenham defense. Ole!

I would have thought you took traditional English national team penalty kicks.

Goalline gets his wish.

Bayern v. Barça and Dortmund v. Real Madrid.

And of course both Spanish teams get the advantage of knowing what they have to do at home in the second leg.

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Originally posted by Fedya:
I would have thought you took traditional English national team penalty kicks.

No ****. A favorite question of mine. A country of 50 million and no one can take a penalty kick?

Barca, Barca . Actually, I favor Bayern in this one. No one in Europe is playing better, but Messi is the great equalizer. He is amazing.

Hell, even the English ladies screwed up the penalty kicks against France in the Women's World Cup two years ago.

I don't know if I should be happy that you think Bayern are better than Barça, though. You were rooting for Bayern in the final last year, and look what happened.

This year's Bayern side should be a vintage team for the ages. I mean, they beat Juve 4-0 with Arjen Robben not being able to hit the side of a barn. But I keep having this sinking feeling of "How are Bayern going to **** up the Champions League this year?" The last two years were pretty bad, and don't get me started on '99. It doesn't help that a diver got Mandžukić suspended from the first leg of the semifinal. The can replace him with Mario Gomez, at least, who is no slouch himself.

Should please you to hear that I am a long time Barca fan.

You're almost as bad as CalBuc, rooting for half a dozen teams. Do you rank them the way Goldie ranks her boyfriends?

The beauty of soccer, there are so many leagues you may pick your favorite in each country, if you like. I used to like Stuttgart, but now I am too far removed from the Bundesliga. Too many years in this country.