Bundesliga teams likely to be in UEFA finals

Kgothatso Madisa
@kgmadisa

Robert Lewandowski celebrates his goal. Picture: BVD

As we approach the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals, the two Spanish (La Liga) teams are trailing the two German (Bundesliga) teams, which somehow seems extraordinary.

After being embarrassed by the Germans in the first leg of the semi-finals, both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will have to score more than 3 goals respectively to get back into the title race.

Barcelona suffered a 4 – 0 defeat under the hands of the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich who did not want to leave any room for the Catalans to come back into the game. But as we have witnessed in the past, you cannot rule out Barcelona out of any competition until the final whistle, especially if they are playing at home.

Graced with the presence of their beloved fans at Camp Nou, Barcelona is more likely to impress and turn things around, but scoring four goals might be a bit of a challenge for them. I mean this is Bayern we are talking about.

Borussia Dortmund team jet off to Madrid. Picture: BVD

Real Madrid on the other hand are really going to have it hard, they lost 3 – 1 in the first leg and will need 3 goals tonight to proceed to the finals. It is always difficult to play against a team that is trying to prove itself to the world, that is exactly what Borussia Dortmund are doing.

They have won the Champions League once since the inception of the team and that happened about 16 years ago. Surely they want are aiming at ending their almost two decade’s drought.

But with Madrid having proven to be a stronger Spanish team, they can manage to score three goals. With Di Maria back in tonight’s squad and he will improve the sloppy midfield we witnessed in the first leg. His inclusion in the squad will see Modric remaining on the bench.

However, with that said, we are more likely to witness a Bundesliga final come May 25.

It is quite clear that the soccer played in Spain is different from that in Germany. Borussia was able to overcome Madrid because they always for goal whenever they have the ball, the same goes for Bayern. Madrid and Barcelona always seeks to complete a thousand passes before attacking and going for goal.