re: 2012/2013 Bayern Munchen Season Long Thread - Treble Edition

Well, I guess we had both Robben and Tommy on the pitch and it seemed to work

Watched the game last night after the kid went to sleep.

Excellent performance - I can't think of any of our players that didn't play well.

Javi dominated in the midfield. Enough so that Bastian was higher than normal a lot - even defensively at times. Everyone else harrassed and closed down really well. Even Robben seemed into it defensively (or at least, more than he usually does).

Robben did create a lot of havoc - but again he missed several opportunities to score that should have been put away. 2nd or so minute he either has to put that away or pass to the two wide open Bayern players in front of the net - may have been a hard pass due to angle of defender. I guess you have to leave him out there, but you don't see the other guys wasing that many opportunities.

Ribery was a machine - so far forward and yet sprinting back over and over to catch up and stop a Barca attack.

As the game went on, we stopped marking Messi so closely until he got about 25 or so yards in. We obviously realized that he wasn't going to make a 40 yard run with the ball. His health will essentially determine if Barca has any shot on the return leg. No way they score 4 without Messi as his best.