The English can only just look on enviously. Madrid are slim favourites to over come Borussia despite their group-stage travails against them. Jose Mourinho has demonstrably focused the Champions League and Real is going to be put up dramatically. Mourinho is just a person on a mission. If he leads a third team to the Champions League, following on from his just work at Porto and Inter Milan, the debate will certainly increase over whether the self-styled Special One is clearly the best coach ever. Throw in two Premier League games at Chelsea and it is the best argument, if definately not a decisive one. Mourinhoas counter-attacking tactics increase the shining presents of Ronaldo, whose 11 objectives are the campaignas best and his remarkable athleticism sometimes appears in his covering 112.7m every moment of the 15 hours he's played in the Champions League this year. Angel Di Mariaas five assists and Mesut Ozilas four demonstrates the top quality support network Ronaldo may call on. Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos get back from that extremely well-timed suspension. Mats Hummelsas recovery from a leg issue helps Dortmundas hopes of keeping Real at bay. Their energy is encapsulated by Mario Gotze, whose four assists and two goals form the most known research of a superb year in Europe but it can also be his constant activity, usually at rate that's brought him coveted glances from coaches like ArsAne Wenger. Gotze handles 136m every second. John Lewandowskias 123m is another vast return. The Pole overlooks some chances but six goals continues to be a great get back. Add in Marco Reus and Dortmund are not short of efficient impetus. Ramos and Raphael Varane are facing a very sharp attack and will require all the shielding work of Alonso and Sami Khedira. If Real must just edge Dortmund, then Bayern against Barcelona is far harder to call. Many will back the Catalans due to Messi, Xavi and Andres Iniesta however for almost all their domestic quality they're still not quite right in the post-Pep age. The scrabble is going to be on amongst television executives to get the Munich-bound Guardiola in to the studio, although being a difficult person he could take some persuading. The Spanish football specialist, Guillem Balague, analyzed Barcelonaas differences this year with the tweet: aThings missing from the Pep era: positional sport, pace, pressure high, defensive line, runs into package, work of wingers, tactical surprisea. Bayern won't be frightened. The crotch injury sustained by Toni Kroos is sad, as is the suspension for Mario Mandzukic. Yet they've MAller who can perform more central, and Mario Gomez or Claudio Pizarro who can cause the line. They have choices and opinion. The Spanish mightn't have it almost all their own way.
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