Barcelona - Bayern Munich UCL Semifinal Preview

The stage is set and the semifinals for the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League promises to be one for the ages. 

The luck of the draw - which took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday at 12:00 CET - paired FC Barcelona with FC Bayern Munich in the first semifinal.

Luis Enrique’s squad will be going up against their ex-coach Pep Guardiola in a home-and-home knockout series that pits two teams with wide open attacking styles and should produce a pair of highly entertaining football matches, regardless of who comes out on top.

First Leg: Wednesday, May 6, 20:45 CET  | Camp Nou

Second Leg: Tuesday, May 12, 20:45 CET | Allianz Arena

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The different types of teams

You know the maxima that whatever fails with money, can be done with a lot of money. Well this might not be the case with one of the top teams in Europe.

Five of the teams on the photo were capable to monetize and consume their money potential together with their coach staff and go for victory after victory after victory… In the case of Barcelona the legend Luis Enrique leads their team to Copa Del Ray. Under the master coaching of Pep Guardiola Bayern Munchen finished first in the Bundesliga, won the Super Cup, DFB-Pokal, FIFA Club World Cup. 

There is a lot said about Mourinho and the legacy he will leave for Chelsea but the fact is clear – he managed to take advantage of all the money of Abramovic. Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund respectively were also able to bring their money in their favor. The only team that failed to bring all the money they got is Liverpool. A lot of people believe this is mainly because of their head coach – Rogers. We leave the final call to you…

Cristiano Ronaldo stats after 292 games with Real Madrid and Manchester United.

Cristiano Ronaldo - the living legend of Manchester United & Real Madrid has already played 292 games for each of both clubs. 

As we can see, the Portuguesе shows amazing performance with Real Madrid C.F. 

For 6 consecutive seasons the superstar has 118 goals for Manchester Und in 292 games, while in Real Madrid he has scored 302 goals for the same amount of games. 

We can notice big difference in his hat-tricks and average goals per game. In Real Madrid he scores 1.03 goals per game with total number of 29 hat-tricks. 

  

Want to look taller? Stand on your toes like Cristiano Ronaldo...

If there is a question of whether Cristiano Ronaldo could possibly care more about his look, the answer will be probably… YES! A proof of that statement is a picture taken during the team photo vs Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup. Ronaldo was standing on his tippy-toes with there being no apparent reason for him to do so but to look taller.

Another instance of image-management by Ronaldo (on the second photo) only confirms he has mastered the art of vanity and this comes as no surprise to anybody. For years, Cristiano has been head and shoulders above all athletes around the world, in terms of who could make conscious efforts to look the best everywhere, all the time.

It is quite obvious that he got obsession with himself for a while. From the new haircuts before every match, to pointing-at-self goal celebrations, to the random winks at the camera Ronaldo proofed himself as a self-obsessed young football player and was named worst person in the sports world.

Poor JUVE

Champions League semi-final draw is tough for some teams. Everyone counts Juventus for underdog without any chances but who knows? Maybe season 2014/2015 will be their top season.

- James is the fourth Real Madrid player to score more than 10 in this season’s La Liga after Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale.

- James has scored 11 goals in 10 La Liga games. In addition, 1 goal in UCL, 2 in Copa Del Rey and 1 in Spanish Super Cup; 15 goals overall (beating his highest-scoring year of 14 at Porto).

- James is the Real Madrid midfielder to have scored the most goals in a single La Liga season since Guti in 2000/01.

- James is the only midfielder to have reached double figures in La Liga this season.

- Ronaldo has made 15 assists in La Liga this season; his best record in a single league.

Europe best XI vs South America best XI

These are inevitably the best players from Europe and the best players from South America… and probably the best players in the world.

The most interesting post is may be the goal keeper post. For South America is pretty clear that Bravo will lead this position. But for the Europeans the battle between Neuer and De Gea was pretty hard. Eventually, Neuer came on top because his magnificent plays throughout the year. 

But let’s do a direct comparison between both defenders’ composition. Marcelo brings the score in favor of the South American’s but with Ramos, Hummels and Lahm the Europeans clearly wins. 

By the midfielders’ position it also comes down to the Europeans with Pogba, Hazard and Kroos in the middle of the field. With all respect to Ronaldo and Roben the South Americans win by a small margin on the offensive side. With forwards like Neymar, Messi and Alexis they will have no problems scoring the goal and taking the win by a small margin.

Nose story of Zlatan Ibrahimovic

We all know how many teams Zlatan has changed in his career as a professional footballer. And for every club he is playing to, Ibra loves to say: "I love this club"

Zlatan starts his career at Malmo FF in the late 1990s before being signed by Ajax, where made a name for himself under Ronald Koeman. He later signed with Juventus (2004-2006); Internazionale (2006 - 2009); Barcelona (2009 - 2010); AC Milan on loan (2010 - 2011) (2011 - 2012); PSG (2012 -)