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bayern4l wrote:Against Barca we should play just like Chelsea did in 2009 on Camp Nou. Which means leave the ball to Barca and park the bus. Fill squad with tall and strong players, and pray .

I disagree Real did the same and they lost 5-0 . Especially when we are at home we must attack and i think our Midfield with Basti-Gustavo and Kroos is as good as Barca's Midfield especially in defence it would be a tough mission for them but not impossible ...

We don't have the defensive power of vintage Chelsea, plain and simple. Instead, I think Barcelona would be somewhat startled by playing the second-best team in terms of possession in Europe. They haven't been in such a position before (the closest they've come was Arsenal, a year ago? And they were very lucky to go through there).

Quite surprised none of you have confidence in your possession football vs Barcelona, Bayern have only had less possession in 1 game this season (away Man C CL) and that was second string.

BrianSwan wrote:Quite surprised none of you have confidence in your possession football vs Barcelona, Bayern have only had less possession in 1 game this season (away Man C CL) and that was second string.

It's really difficult to win Barca in their own game. Arsenal tried that and failed miserably...

First of all you can't win Barca with 2 CMs. You need at least 3 so you need a different formation.
Real Madrid played 4-3-3 against them. Of course they lost but they were very competitive and if Vilanova did't advise Guardiola to change the position of Fabregas they would have won.
Vilanova is the best man for tactics. He can change a game with a single move, like he is playing chess.

Sorry but the Ref as usual was helping Barca vs Arsenal !! remember the 2nd leg in Camp nou Van Persie got an undeserved red card , and Barca's 2nd goal came from an undeserved penalty ... their diving skills is helping them a lot , i honestly have faith that Bayern would KO them this season (with schweini fit) a midfield of Schweini-kroos-Gustavo (Would be competitive with Barca) and also Alves will suffer a bad night against Lahm-Ribery

Yes but we can't depend on that because the right side of Barca can manage to defend against CR7 and Marcelo and Alves has always backup from the CB or CDM.
The other side is weaker I believe.
That reminds me of us because our left side is weaker.
Anyway if we have Schweini in and Muller or Robben in form we can manage to win them.

Barca are loose on the wings, and that is where our powers fall. They also are a disaster in clearing the ball in their own box, and that is where our Gomez falls

I think you underestimate Barcelona.
And after all, you need to take the ball for Xavi, Iniesta and Fabregas from the centre and to go to the wings.
And in the box they have Puyol and Pique to watch out Gomez. Who will watch out Messi? Badstuber?

If Kompany can't handle Gomez, Puyol and Pique can't either.

Do you believe that Kompany is better than Puyol or Pique?

Of course he is. Puyol is past his truly great days, and Pique, while a brilliant player, is better known for his distribution rather than his strength or aerial ability, the "old-school" defenders main qualities.

OK, I guess you play FIFA 12 or PES 2012 too much.

Haven't played either.

Sorry, brah, but playing for Barcelona doesn't mean that you're the best player in the world.

I agree with that but still Kompany isn't better than them.