When? Tuesday, 14 April 09, 20:45 (Barcelona Time) Tuesday, 14 April 09, 14:45 (North American Eastern Time) Click here to convert to your local time... ===================================== Where? Allianz Arena Capacity: 66,000 (seating only) Click here for a Google Maps Satellite view of the stadium ===================================== about FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich (German: Fußball-Club Bayern München) is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful club in German football, having won 21 German titles and 14 cups. The club was founded in 1900 by eleven football players led by Franz John. Although Bayern won its first national championship in 1932, the club was not selected for the Bundesliga at its inception in 1963. In the middle of the 1970s, the club had its period of greatest success, when the famous team led by Franz Beckenbauer won the European Cup three times in a row (1974–76). In recent years they have been by far the most successful team in German football, winning seven of the last ten championships. The club's last international title was the Intercontinental Cup in 2001. ===================================== League Ranks La Liga FC Barça, 1st, 72 points, Goal differential +61 (There is a League match against Recreativo at home, to be played on Saturday) Bundesliga Bayern Munich, 4th, 48, Goal differential +18 (There is a League match against Eintracht Frankfurt at home, to be played on Saturday) ===================================== Current From Last five away matches FC Barcelona, D-L-D-W-W Last five home matches FC Bayern Munich, W-L-W-W-W ===================================== Statistics Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona (Based on UEFA CL so far. Please note that we have played two extra matches in the qualifiers) Overall Wins 6 | 7 Wins Draws 2 | 2 Draws Losses 1 | 2 Losses Clean Sheets 4 | 3 Clean Sheets Avg. goals per match 2.67 | 2.91 Avg. goals per match Avg. goals conceded per match 1.00 | 1.09 Avg. goals conceded per match Home and away Home wins 3 | 3 Away wins Home draws 1 | 1 Away draws Home losses 0 | 1 Away losses Home Clean Sheets 2 | 1 Away Clean Sheets Avg. goals per match (Home) 3.5 | 2.6 Avg. goals per match (Away) Avg. goals conceded per match (H)00.5 | 1.0 Avg. goals conceded per match (A) Other Stats Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona 27.11 Average age squad 26.80 33.25 Average time first goal scored 36.50 28.50 Average time first goal conceded 49.63 1 Failed to score 1 ===================================== Scoring Times (Champions League) FC Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona 08.7% (2)| 00-10 | 6.45% (2) 8.7% (2)| 10-20 | 16.13 (5) 4.35% (1) | 20-30 | 16.13% (5) 13.04% (3) | 30-40 | 3.23% (1)00 08.7% (2) | 40-50 | 19.35% (6) 13.04% (3) | 50-60 | 6.45% (2)00 8.7% (2) | 60-70 | 9.68% (3) 13.04% (3) | 70-80 | 3.23% (1)00 8.7% (2) | 80-90 | 12.9% (4) ===================================== Past Meetings First Leg Result (Unclesox's Match Report) FC Barcelona 4-0 Bayern Munich 1-0 : Messi 9' 2-0 : Eto'o 12' 3-0 : Messi 38' 4-0 : Henry 43' 1994 Tr.C.Stuttgart, F.C.Bayern München 3-0 FC Barcelona 1996 UEFA Cup, F.C.Bayern München 2-2 FC Barcelona 1996 UEFA Cup, FC Barcelona 1-2 F.C.Bayern München 1998 European Cup, FC Barcelona 1-2 F.C.Bayern München 1998 European Cup, F.C.Bayern München 1-0 FC Barcelona 2006 Tr.J.Gamper, FC Barcelona 4-0 F.C.Bayern München Beckenbauer Cup, F.C.Bayern München 0-1 FC Barcelona ===================================== Injured /Absent players Barça Milito and Abidal Márquez is suspended. Busquets is one booking away from suspension. ================================= Visca el Barça
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion You're getting ahead of yourself
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion hehe, Bayern score after only two minutes at home against Frankfurt. Here's their lineup... ------------- Butt ------------- Lell -- Lucio -- Demichelis -- Ottl --- van Bommel -- Zé Roberto --- Schweinsteiger ------------ Sosa --------- Ribéry -- Toni -------- Subs: Rensing, Breno, Oddo, Altintop, Badstuber, Borowski, Podolski
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion Regarding the kits, Bayern's kits for the CL is all-white for home matches and all-blue for away matches (if there's no color clash with the home side). Oh dear, Toni has added a second to Ribery's first. Zwei-null für FC Bayern.
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion 3-0 now for Lucio, god we missed him last match..
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion Meanwhile, Barça is appealing the yellow and ejection of Messi and Pep, respectively. But there is practically no way UEFA will grant an appeal on either. Interesting tidbit for those worried about Messi getting another card and possibly having to miss a crucial semi leg or final: this season he's received only 2 yellows in La Liga and one in the CL, while he has drawn 23 yellows and 3 reds from defenders.
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion Indeed. The booking stays on Messi's record and Pep is suspended from the bench for the second leg.
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion Can anyone translate and explain UEFA's reason for not rescinding Messi's yellow? Are yellows not commonly overturned in UEFA competition because that call would clearly have been overturned in league play. Also, what are the current card counts for all players? I only saw that Busquets is one away and Rafa is obviously suspended so two more gets him another suspension correct?
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion UEFA usually doesn't give a reason as why they don't rescind. Safe to say they simply agree what with the referee reported in his notebook. Márquez is sitting on three yellows and will miss the Bayern second leg. Busquets is on two yellows. Alves, Iniesta, Keita, Messi, Piqué and Puyol all have one booking each. Player receive suspensions after receiving their 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th bookings.
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion Pep should've made Busquets get his 3rd yellow in the first leg. IMO he should look for it on this match, miss out on the home leg and be available for the return leg on the road against Chelsea/Liverpool.
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion 3-2 Bayern. Henry and Iniesta score for Barca.
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion Good news is...that Messi won't play next game. But that doesn't matter. There is an obscure new ruling from Uefa for the Final Game. Barring a direct Red Card (in the second semi), Players that have 3 bookings up to final can play in the final game. So even is Messi gets 2 more Yellows between the Qts and Semi's he coud still play the final. And the reason Messi's card wasn't taken away for the Bayrn game, is that the rules don't allow for the comite to take away Bookings. Thats the rule, everybody knows this, Barca was simply going through the motions. What is cool, is that Pep was only sactioned for one game. The comitee could have suspended him for 2 games if they wished it.
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion Yes, the Sport article mentioned that UEFA doesn't overturn referee decisions as a rule, except in cases where the card has been given to the wrong player by mistake.
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion How do you know Messi won't play against bayern?
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion Didn't you know? Evil Sushi is Pep Guardiola. Haven't you ever noticed how ES rarely posts during matches?
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion lmao
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion Actually I'm NOT Pep. But that's a good guess. I'm not as powerful. Having confessed that, my friends call me "B" and I live in a big white house in Washington DC.
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion VV is going on what, 500ish minutes without conceding? I motion that he earns his name back instead of a . At least until he gives up a goal.
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion I posted the 1st leg thread eight days before the match and 3 days before the league match and no one complained...
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion That was a compliment...
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion my turn:
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion ...
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion I'm a little confused, will Messi play against us or not? If Lahm plays, I want Messi to play vs us.
Re: 1/4 UEFA CL 2L | Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona | 14 April 09 | Pre/During/Post Match Discussion Don't pay attention to Sushi. Pep is notoriously secretive about his lineups. No one will know until just before kickoff. Messi just played a full 90 vs. Recre. Important La Liga fixtures are coming up. It's 4-0 in aggregate. Would you play Messi and risk injury or fatigue under those circumstances?