Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona Highlights : UEFA Champions League

Posted on April 14, 2009
Filed Under Barcelona, Bayern Munich, UEFA Champions League

Bayern Munich shared a 1-1 draw with Barcelona at home to partly make up for a 4-0 routing in Spain last week – but they were still eliminated from the Champions League 5-1 on aggregate.

Franck Ribery gave Bayern the lead in the 47th minute, but Barca equalized with Seydou Keita’s drive restoring pride in the 73rd minute.

It was always going to take a miracle for Bayern to overturn the substantial 4-0 deficit in front of their own fans at the Allianz Arena and, as expected, it proved to be a target too far for the Bundesliga side.

Bayern made four changes to the team which crashed to defeat in Spain last week with Lucio and Philipp Lahm strengthening the defence in place of Breno and Massimo Oddo, while Jose Ernesto Sosa started on the wing for Hamit Altintop and Andreas Ottl took over from Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Barcelona lost Thierry Henry to a fever with Keita got the nod. Eric Abidal came in for Rafael Marquez.

Bayern tried to dominate the first half and created plenty of chances, where Toni’s shot was ruled offside, Bayern looked bright with few more misfired shots, Barca settled late in the game with Messi setting up Eto, who fired it wide.

The hosts went ahead two minutes into the second half when Ze Roberto slid a pass into the path of Ribery, who shifted the ball onto his right foot and fired high into Victor Valdes’ goal.

Even though Barca’s overall advantage was barely dented by the goal, Barca’s pride was still at stake and they showed they did not want to be beaten on the night.

A skillful exchange of passes led to Barca’s equalizer in the 73rd minute as their slick one-touch football created holes in the Bayern defence with Keita providing the finish from 25 yards.

Iniesta, Eto’o and Xavi Hernandez all combined to provide Keita with the chance to put the tie beyond any doubt and set up a semi-final clash with Chelsea for Pep Guardiola’s men.

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