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09.04.2009 12:52
Europe marvels at Barça
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The online sports columns around Europe have praised Barça’s performance against Bayern Munich speaking of “marvellous football”. Messi comes in for special attention.
German criticism for Bayern
The main German newspapers are especially hard on Bayern Munich.
‘Bild' headlines its report “Night of shame in Barcelona” and asks the question “Klinsi (Klinsmann) out?”. They go on to explain: “Super Messi devoured the white sausages of Bavaria”
Sports paper Kicker has much the same approach: “Bayern taken apart, overwhelmed, unmasked and desperate”. Both sources quote Bayern president Franz Beckenbauer at the end of the match: “A catastrophe”.
L'Équipe
The prestigious French sports newspaper
‘L'Équipe'
devotes this Thursday’s front page to the Barça goal feast. In their web version they
enthuse: “Barça even more enchanting. Masters of their art, Guardiola's team were winning 2-0
in the 12th minute and finished off the match before halftime. Exceptional”.
La Gazzeta dello Sport
The Gazzetta dello Sport goes with the headline “Messi and a sublime Barça destroy Bayern”. The Italian sports paper makes special mention of the first half, describing it as “marvellous”.
Messi riding high in UK
Two of the most important newspapers in the United Kingdom ‘The Guardian' and ‘The Times' , headline with “Messi inspired as Barça destroy Bayer Munich” and “Messi magic takes Barça closer to Rome”
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The Bayern website
In their Barça v Bayern match report, the
official Bayern website
describes Barça as “far superior” and insists that it will take “a miracle
to reach the semi-finals”. However, they go further and heap superlatives on Pep
Guardiola’s players: “Straight away they started to show in a spectacular way why they
are considered the best team in Europe”.
