The Argentine international believes that their Champions League semi final rivals, FC Bayern, have become even stronger than they were last season.
Lionel Messi has voiced his opinion that their UEFA Champions League rivals, Bayern Munich, are a great team and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 will need to be on top of their game to advance to the final of the show piece event in May.
The new German champions were at the receiving end of misery in the tournament last season as they lost to English giants http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 in the final of the prestigious European competition. What would have hurt more was the fact that
Bayern had to settle for the runners –up medals in the competition, even when the final was played in their own back-yard.
The Bavarian giants have lost two finals of the Champions League in the last three seasons and this season, in hunt of the glory, they have come back stronger than ever.
Having sealed the domestic league already and also having another foot in the final of the German Cup, fans might just think that this is the year for the sacred treble.
One of the best spectacles in the modern day game was promised when Barcelona drew the German giants from Bavaria, and while the n-lookers may enjoy, the players will certainly undergo the pressure of performing at the biggest
stage.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 has acknowledged this fact and wants the Blaugrana to be at their very best.
"Any opponent in these semi-finals was going to be tough, but Bayern this year are very, very good. They have been playing at a very high level and scoring a lot of goals," Messi told The Times of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/India-c750.
"After what happened at the end of 2012, when they lost the final at their own ground to Chelsea, I think they have even more desire to go for the title this time. And Bayern are stronger this year than last in my opinion."
"Right now, we do not speak of the final but only about Bayern," he said.
The victorious team of this tie will face the winner team from the Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund epic and get the chance of winning the sacred trophy at Wembley.
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