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Maybe it's a combination of the two, but my guess is that the primary factor here was fatigue. Probably the most underrated factor by fans and pundits alike in the game of football. Far more important than those tactics and formations that the X-Box generation so passionately blathers on about...

Absolutely. :neymar:

I think we looked tired both against Sociedad and tonight against Bayern. Of course, Bayern are infinitely better than Sociedad and it showed. People forget what kind of run we have been through in the past few months or so. A comedown was all but inevitable.

We had at least four chances in the first half. They two Neymar goals that finished the tie 100%, plus Rakitic, plus Messi from a Neymar cut-back. Maybe there was one more, but I am not sure.

Barca went for the kill 6 nights ago, plus in the first half tonight and succeeded. Bayern were at 100% trying to save face. We had a must-win game on Saturday that resulted in a very hard-fought victory. Bayern treat their league as a year-long training session. I would wager that that fact is...

Our team totally shut them down in the first game. They couldn't get a kick in Spain. The sheer number of games wore us down, Bayern have been in conservation mode for weeks (if not months) now. That was the main factor behind tonight's display.

But it was not just the goals that we conceded (I know MSN killed them within 30mns, but still, we were embarrassing at times tonight) we also conceded several very good chances to Bayern tonight (who were excellent tonight as well) I think it was both fatigue and complacency. With fatigue...

Only few of they Ney-haters are genuine Barca fans. The few Barca fans that are still extremely harsh on him, are just people who were against his signing in the first place and are now reluctant and embarrassed to openly admit that they got it completely wrong.

Where is BBZ? Or the Bale/Hazard/Verratti/Gotze fanbois??? Pawned and owned by this man's sheer class. That's where they are! If he only finished that excellent move in injury time instead of again deferring to Messi (something for which Messi is not even asking for) it would have been the...

I can see them losing the semi-final. :pep:

That is 100% correct. But still our performance was not good tonight and we should acknowledge the fact. I am still unsure if tonight's display was down to complacency or fatigue. Or both.

You don't get my point. I am not saying that BL teams do not run, I am saying that Bayern (due to their superiority in their league, which is vast) can strategically pick and choose when to put in the effort, safe in the knowledge that the league title is theirs. They can always save their best...

And Bayern are in top form in your opinion?

It's called fatigue. We play for 2 competitions (plus a few tough Copa games) Bayern only have around a dozen CL games. We had to beat tough teams all the way through. They had the easiest draws the whole time.

Well, one of our potential rivals in the final beat BM 0-4 on their home patch the last time they met. How can you make such a confident claim?

Forget the previous game, just play our game at 100% and we will be fine.

Bayern fans have managed to be as annoying as the totality of EPL fans some years ago. Some achievement this is!

I think that it is very good news that Bayern fans and players expect something from this game, even to go through. It means that there will be pressure on their shoulders and that they will commit blunders. Another win please.

The Barca-detractors need to choose: We are either just a regular good team + Messi as undisputed GOAT, or we are an around awesome team + Messi as one of the GOATs. If we are just a random good team, then our results can only be explained by Messi being the undisputed GOAT. Only if we are an...

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