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Hello! This is Gia Saralidze for VK, and, as usual, we are talking about football.
There have been a lot of interesting and unexpected football events
which sharpened the struggle of the Russian Football Championship
and the semi-final of the Champions’ League.
I recall that two German clubs and two Spanish clubs met in the semi-finals.
For many football fans who do not follow the German championships
it was quite unexpected to see two German clubs in the semi-finals.
Moreover, they amazed the public: they made two days catastrophic for the Spanish fans.
On the first day a lot of fans of Real Madrid in Spain and many other countries were very glad
to see the loss of Barcelona in Munich, which was beaten 4-0.
Experts can hardly recall such losses by Barcelona at this stage of the Champions’ League,
especially this line-up of Barcelona which was always an example of a football club, despite this loss.
But of course the match which was watched by many of you was shocking.
I agree with a commentator of the match, who said that
clowns arrived in Munich dressed like Barcelona players.
It is true that the players who played in Barcelona's strip didn’t resemble a brilliant football club.
Nothing was right for Barcelona.
Perhaps their head coach made a mistake
and shouldn’t have let in Messi from the beginning of the match and didn’t substitute him.
Messi was injured.
Messi made a miracle in previous games when he managed to bring a victory for his team using one leg only.
Of course he is a genius.
But geniuses have injuries as well.
Probably Barcelona shouldn’t rely on the talent of this player.
So, even though Messi was on the pitch, Barcelona seemed to be lost without Messi.
Iniesta got lost; Xavi got lost.
We didn't see the well-known masterful playing.
Even though Barcelona possessed the ball for a long time, they couldn’t do anything with Bavaria.
Bavaria is playing phenomenally in the season both in the Bundes League and the Champions League.
It is an incredible team.
Many believe that despite the rich history of Munich football, there has never been such a team.
I don’t know, I don’t want to state my point of view
because it is difficult to compare teams of different decades.
The only thing is that Bavaria presented fantastic football in the match.
Barcelona was weaker at all levels.
The score was 4:0.
The next day those who hate Real were happy.
Real’s rival was a bit weaker than Bavaria, but its fate was similar to Barcelona’s.
The only thing which can comfort Real’s fans is one goal scored by the Spanish team.
Unlike Barcelona, they were defeated with the score 1:4.
The team was much weaker than Borussia.
Speaking about what teams will play in the final,
it is difficult to imagine that Bavaria will let in more than 4 goals in Spain.
However, this is football and this is Barcelona.
Until I hear a final whistle, I cannot say that everything is completely clear.
I wouldn’t say that.
If any other team were in Barcelona’s place,
probably I would say that Bavaria would be in the final for sure.
And many say that.
But I won’t say that.
I would like to see what will happen in Spain and be sure that this great Catalonian team has disappeared,
that playing should be restructured and new horizons should be conquered.
We’ll see.
As for the second rivalry, Real Madrid is a splendid team with wonderful players
and the experienced coach Jose Mourinho.
We’ll see what the next matches will bring.
Apparently the German clubs have more chances of getingt into the final
and we may see purely German rivalry at Wembley.
I remind you that the Champions League final will take place at Wembley.
We’ll see whether it will be purely German or diluted with Spanish ingredients.
To imagine that there will no German clubs in the final at all, I think it is unreal.
So, the second semifinals will be very interesting.
Abased Barcelona and Real should offer battle and that is interesting.
The next episode of our show will be devoted to the Russian championship.
The situation is very interesting here as well.
The struggle for top places is becoming tough.
The outcome will be very interesting.
Let’s talk about it in the next episode.