The veteran coach appreciated his side’s amazing performance on Wednesday, but believes they were lucky not to have to deal with the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841 international
Bayern Munich trainer Jupp Heynckes feels his side were fortunate that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 did not play in their 3-0 victory at Camp Nou last night.
The superstar watched as a spectator from the bench as Arjen Robben’s sublime goal, a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique own goal and Thomas Muller’s header helped the German club to record a 7-0 aggregate win in the UEFA Champions League last four
clash. Moreover, he was happy with the performance of his players.
Also, the former Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao head coach claimed that Barca are a different team without their best player. He further added that it could be seen that they were pumped up for the clash and did not take things
easy. He stated that Der FCB were focused and started on a good note right from the start.
"I think it was clearly noticeable that my team entered this game extremely focused. We played great right from the start. However, there is no denying it – Barcelona is a different team without [Lionel] Messi,” he said.
On the other hand, he accepted that no one thought the aggregate would be 7-0. He admitted that it is not the end of Barca’s era as they were missing a number of regulars and Die Roten were at their best.
"Still, I am sure no one expected us to win 7-0 on aggregate. I would not say that we witnessed an end of an era tonight. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 were missing a lot of players and we showed a clever performance," he added.
"Dortmund deserve to be in the final, as they are playing a great season as well," he was quoted as saying in an interview.
Bayern are now to face fierce rivals’ Borussia Dortmund in the final on May 25 at Wembley. Heynckes, believes that the Black Yellows deserved to be in the showdown as they were in great form in their European campaign as they beat
Real Madrid, FC Malaga and Manchester City.
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