Bayern is the German club that has won the Bundesliga the most times (30, the last eight in a row). Also who has raised the Cup the most times (20) and the Super Cup (seven). Nor has anyone in Germany caught more international titles (11). But all those records also have a reverse. In the last 44 years and after threading three European Cups in the 70s to the cornet call of Sepp Maier, Beckenbauer, Rummenigge, Höness or Gerd Müller, the Bavarian giant has only conquered the maximum continental title on two occasions (2001 and 2013) . A historical urgency to which Bayern intends to find a remedy against a Barcelona that, despite the last title in 2015, has failed to exploit Leo Messi's sporting maturity.Of the four Champions won by the Argentine, only one in the last seven seasons. That is, between 24 and 33 years . With this one yet to be resolved.

Messi and Lewandowski

Robert Lewandowski is living the season of his life one week away from his 32nd birthday. Never before had he scored so much in a course (53, 13 of them in the current Champions League), nor had he reached such a high scoring average (1.19 points per game) . Even his candidacy would have had great defenders if France Football magazine had not suspended the delivery of the Ballon d'Or in this year of pandemic. The Polish striker, whom Matthäus has already placed at the level of Messi, has never won an international title. Still wearing the Borussia Dortmund shirt, he played in a Champions League final in 2013. And he lost it precisely against Bayern that day when Robben reached Wembley heaven.

The desire for redemption also accompanies Messi after all those falls (Turin, Rome, Liverpool) that tortured him so much. He goes about his business. He has scored 31 goals (although only three in the Champions League) and has distributed 27 assists this season. Tired of Bartomeu's government and aware of the null influence of Quique Setién despite yesterday's praise - "Lewandowski is not up to Messi" - , the Argentine has been fighting on his own for too long. And more and more alone.

Ter Stegen and Neuer

Barcelona is aware that it will have to sweat blood to respond to Ter Stegen's demands to obtain his renewal. The Barcelona goal, who already pushed his club to the limit at the age of 24 when he demanded that the entity choose between him and Bravo, knows himself a fundamental piece in the team. Both under clubs and in the dressing room. And he still does not understand why in Germany he has not yet achieved a similar status, with the eternal Manuel Neuer still as foreman of the Mannschaft under the lap of Joachim Löw . "I am the best," Neuer claimed again, this time in an interview with the publication 11 Freunde .

Ter Stegen, on his last visit to Dortmund in September 2019 and aware of the attention that criticism had aroused in his country for being constantly relegated to the national team, had no problem in reprimanding the Bayern goalkeeper: «Neuer did not It was fair.

Ter Stegen will always be able to pull data. According to those collected by Opta, he is the goalkeeper with the best percentage of saves in this Champions League (81.5%), higher than the 73.9% of Neuer at Bayern .

Arturo Vidal and Thiago

The Chilean midfielder for Barcelona, ​​who started last season's Anfield crash, also has a place in tonight's game against Bayern. Both Ernesto Valverde and Quique Setién understood that the precious times ended in a Barcelona whose metaphor is football on the edge and run over by Arturo Vidal . Your delivery and your ability to push matters more than the control you can offer.

Hence, the comparison with the football records that Thiago Alcántara is offering in this Flick Bayern lead to sleeplessness. Thiago, who is in his seventh season at Bayern after Barcelona let him escape in 2013, has put aside the baroque style , has pushed back a few meters from his position and has devoted himself to the work of a total midfielder. With capacity for both theft and construction from defensive areas. Although the one who best accompanies him is Kimmich, who could be forced to move back to the right-hand side due to Pavard's loss, Thiago is the one who has a compass. Vidal prefers to respond in chaos.

Griezmann and Coutinho

Two of the three most expensive signings in the history of Barcelona (Dembélé is between the two). And none of them have guaranteed ownership in their respective teams in this duel . Symptom of how diabolical the market is when propaganda is prioritized over the need for sports. Coutinho, devastated in his season and a half as a Barça player by a strange saudade that made him wander like a lost soul, then conditioned by a position (false left-handed winger) that limited all creative eagerness, has not emulated in Munich (nine goals and eight assists ) his Anfield times.

Nor has Griezmann found his place at Barça despite fulfilling in the directorial aspect (15 goals and four assists) . Setién, who already sat him in the capital duel against Atlético at the Camp Nou, understands that if it is necessary to win a fourth midfielder, the presence in the front of Luis Suárez is essential.

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