With the greatest respect for Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Inter Milan are the two best teams left in the competition. Tomorrows winner will go into the final as favourites and rightly so. Barcelona would enter the Bernabeu as reigning champions having overcome a two goal first-leg deficit against Italys best to reach the final. Inter Milan will have disposed of one of the greatest teams the planet has ever seen. The Barca squad have sought the help of their twelfth man, with Gerard Pique appealing for the fans to turn the Camp Nou into a fiery furnace of hell. ´When the Inter players walk out on the pitch I want them to hate the footballing profession' he said. Jose Mourinho has retorted with 'For Inter, reaching the final is a dream, for Barcelona it's an obsession'. Nothing untowardly there, but he has certainly touched upon the fever pitch currently swirling around Catalunya. It has been remarked that this is as frenzied a build-up to a match in Barcelona since Luis Figo returned to town as a Real Madrid player. Let's hope Eto'o is spared the pigs head.
There is no shortage of sub-plots surrounding the tie. Will Eto'o score against his old buddies? Will Messi escape the attentions of Javier Zanetti to reek havoc around Julio Cesars goal? Will Guardiola reverse his tactical defeat against Mourinho in the first leg? Will Barcelona get the ball on the deck and knock it around this time? Which Milito brother will be smiling come Thursday morning? All answers to be revealed tomorrow night. Are you ready?
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