Can Barcelona Undo This Loss?

Bayern's Thomas Mueller (L) reacts after scoring the

 Fourth goal during the UEFA CL first leg semi-final

 football match between Bayern Munich and Barcelona

at the Allianz arena in Munich.

It was not indeed a surprise at the Allianz Arena – Munchen where the Catalans were outclassed by their host, the Bavarians in the first leg of the Champions’ League semifinal. The host consolidated on their goal harvest last week against Hannover by unleashing more goals to make history as the biggest win in a Champions’ League semifinals game.

Being a clash of the titans, Bayarn Munich had been tipped as favourite in the encounter from the very minute the draws were announced. Over 75% of football analysts and spectators have afore hand predicted a semifinal of Barcelona FC and FC Bayarn Munich with the later tipped for the finals.

Lately, Bayarn has scored 20 goals in four games and kept 30 clean sheets this season to keep them  at the brink of a treble. Their relentlessly brilliant season has seen them vanguish Dortmund in the DFB-Pokal and progress to the final. In Bundesliga, they are 20 points clear from the closest opponent and now they are at the verge of a fourth CL final.

The German side has justified the confidence reposed on them by out rightly over powering the Spanish giants. The stunning victory on Tuesday night came on the day the club captured headlines signing of Bundesliga archrival (Borussia Dortmund), Mario Gotze for a reported fee of 37 million euros in preparations for the 2013/2014 season.

In recent weeks, football has been a drama with clubs grabbing unbelievable victories across leagues. In the first leg of the quarter finals, Barcelona fell victim to AC Milan in a 2 goals defeat in Italy. But they braced up with an astonishing surprise in the second leg at Camp Nou by humbling AC Milan with 4 goals to have an aggregate of 4 – 2, which saw them into the semifinals.

Football has gone past mere conclusion when it’s not yet over.  In the second round of CL, at the Allianz Arena – Munchen, BayarnMunich won Aesenal with 3 goals and in the return leg at Emirate, Arsenal pulled a surprised one by cancelling the 3 goals conceded only for Bayarn to earn a goal that night to make it 4 – 3 aggregate. Lucky Bayarn you may say.

Also Borussia Dortmund broke the jinx of having three Spanish teams in the semifinals when they dramatically had a comeback to lead Malaga in the second leg of the quarter final match.

Only last week in EPL, Tottenham Hotspur gave an energetic Manchester City side a shocker of the season by scoring three goals in seven minutes to keep their hopes alive for a champions league spot.

Tuesday night has been recorded as the worst defeat for the Spanish giants since the 1997 group stage 4-0 loss to Dynamo Kiev. This lost is leaving the second leg at Camp Nou to be as less formal as possible except otherwise.  

Can the Catalan Giants repeat the same fate they meted on AC Milan?  Will Barcelona's superstar Lionel Messi and his team mates be able to undo the history Bayarn has created at this stage of the competition come second leg at camp Nou?

Never over until it is truly over. Let’s go there.