Bavaria Reigns No More!

4 - 0 at Nou Camp. FC Bayern Muenchen were on an almost difficult task at the Allianz Arena where they had to at least score 4 goals to ensure their chances of qualifying to the next round. 60000 supporters packed the Allianz Arena in Muenchen to provide an intense atmosphere for both teams. Juergen Klinsmann, said that it was still possible to turn things over but the stats weren't behind him.

The match started at 20.45 German time and only within 6 minutes, Luca Toni almost provided Muenchen an early hope. His timely header touched the ball but sent the ball into the wrong direction. For once, the crowd were silenced. Muenchen then after realizing that they can still snatch something here kept being offensive. Luca Toni was almost hailed as the savior if his goal hadn't been disallowed by the linesmen. 

Time was tickling and it was tickling slowly. Barcelona, who showed to the world that they can be both good in defensive and offensive, didn't try to snatch a goal here. They were just playing safe and to no one's surprise, they did it brilliantly. But Barca's brilliance were then questioned when a tremendous through ball got intercepted by Franck Ribery and his calmness put the ball into the net. Barca was not calm any longer. Things weren't like they wanted them to. They needed a goal here and that goal by Ribery, was more than enough to tell Barca that they needed to do something here.

Apart from Barca's awakening, Muenchen had other problems too. Their offensive lines weren't offensive enough to penetrate through Barca's defense and their appetite for a second goal left a large hole at the back. Seydou Keita, from the edge of the box, took advantage of Muenchen's failure to clear off the ball by smashing an accurate strike into Hans J Butt's net. It was game over suddenly for the Bavarians. For once they thought they might be lucky enough to get goals, the next moment they realized it was the end. 5 -1 on aggregate now and Barca was on their journey to the last four. 

Then, to Muenchen's devastation, the last 27 minutes of the game were not on their side. They couldn't do anything to at least provide another shock for the Catalans instead they were drowning in their inability to convert chances into goals. Then at the 90th minute, the sound of the final whistle put an end to Muenchen's great run in this year's Champions League. They were out and Barca on the other side was dancing jubilantly. Barcelona next, are to fact to Chelsea on either the 28th of the 29th of April. Surely, the semifinal involving Chelsea and Barcelona could be this year's early final.