CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL, SECOND LEG
BARCELONA 0
BAYERN MUNICH 3
(Robben 49, Pique 72-og, Mueller 76)
*Bayern Munich through to final 7-0 on aggregate.
THIS was a result which produced seismic waves across European football. A tectonic shift is happening right before our eyes, or at least that was what some pundits would have us believe.
There was something strange about the Champions League draw yesterday. For once in this illustrious cup competition, the final four were the best four.
Singapore alleged match fixer Dan Tan Seet Eng has been accused of keeping the football world in the dark by switching off the floodlights during a Champions League match between Barcelona and Fenerbahce in September 2001 in an attempt to get the match called off.
Barcelona face a mammoth task of clawing back a 2-0 deficit in their Champions League Round of 16, second-leg clash with AC Milan at the Nou Camp tomorrow morning (Singapore time).