The Dissapointing Semi Finals

The time has come when everybody is excited because of the final stages of the UEFA Champions League. The tension can be felt and the joy is overwhelming. The last four teams are considered to be the best of the best because of how far tyhey have come in the tournament. The best quality of soccer is expected and it is the time of the year where the best players in the world shine and show their true skills. The level of skill and talent expected in these stages of the tournament by the fans is extremely high. They simply want the best and nothing less. It seems as if some of the team forgot that this was the semi finals and that it was their ticket to advance and play in the final. After last weeks matches, it can be clearly seen that some of the teams did not bring the high quality of soccer that they were expected to bring. Starting off on Tuesday was the match between soccer giants: Barcelona (Spain) and Bayern Munich (Germany). This was a very anticipated match because these two teams are considered to be the best in the world. It would be a match up between teams from the two best soccer playing countries (as ranked by FIFA). The public and the audience were stunned after what seemed to be a practice session for the german squad. They walked all over the tëam considered by most as undefeated and the best. The germans played with authority and with coordinated skills, and simply destroyed the spaniards. The match ended up 4 to 0 in favor of Bayern. Thsi was a major upset and the world was shocked to see that Messi could not do anything about it. The second match, on Wednesday, was another anticipated game between a Sapnish team and another German team. It was a show down between Real Madrid (Spain) and Borussia Dortmund (Germany). This match up was expected to be a better one and more exciting, after the dissapointing match played the day before. Real was confident and their best player, Ronaldo, was playing at his best. This all ended after a few minutes. The spanish team broke down and the events witnessed on the previous day started to repeat. The geramn squad, after starting off 1 goal down, began to score. They accumulated 4 more goals to win the match 4 to 1. The match showed how good the german teams were and how underrated they were perceived. The world saw the spanish teams fall down and hard. Over all, the quality of the german style of play was outstanding, but inorder for the game to be excellent, both teams have to do well. This was not seen in these two matches. We will now have to wait until next week to see how this semi final leg ends up. Although the results are already anticvipated, anything can happen. We must not forget that this is the CHAMPIONNNNSSSS!

A.C.P