Guardiola has again said : I will be at Bayern Munich next season
They say Pep’s fallen out with Muller and if that’s true it’s happened at the wrong time.
The spindly warrior is very important to Bayern, even when Arjen Robben is fit.
In the quarter-final, Bayern came back from a 3-1 defeat in Porto to go 5-0 up at half-time.
That was a sensational performance.
But Porto don’t have Messi, the finest footballer the European Cup has seen since Di Stefano in the Sixties.
If Messi doesn’t score early, he will score late.
Regular readers know that I’ve tipped Barcelona to go to Berlin and win.
I think they can beat Juventus, if it is Juventus.
I admire Luis Enrique, who has made Barca more direct, while retaining most of their keep-ball patterns.
Tonight will be a battle, definitely.
And if a match is a physical, you need super-motivated gladiators like Luis Suarez.
Suarez will be vital tonight, holding the ball up, drawing fouls and winning set-pieces.
He’s very sparky but also very physical.
He can conjure chances from unpromising positions in and around the box. Even when the angle looks impossible, Luis Suarez can do something
One of the great things about my pilates class is that nobody talks about Arsenal and the only other bloke is a retired Italian banker who isn’t into football.
I’ve been looking forward to tonight’s second leg ever since writing Messi scores 2 and makes one for Neymar .
Bring it on!