FC Bayern vs Olympique Lyonnais
Uefa Champions League Semifinal 1st leg, 20h45
It will be a passionate affair tonight at the Allianz Arena in Munich as the Bavarian giants take on the best team of the last decade in France. Lyon have reached this stage of the competition for the first time, after several years when they were knocked out in the Round of 8. They have beaten Real Madrid and Bordeaux to get this far and it should be noted that les Gones were the team that passed the ball the least in the previous round, merely 5 times less than Barcelona players did. Lyon have a very good coach in Claude Puel, whose mentor is Arsene Wenger. Look out for a possible tactical genius arising. The players to look out for are Lisandro Lopez, Delgado and Pjanic.
As for Bayern, they have reached this stage by upsetting both Fiorentina and Manchester United, by the same 4-4 score and qualifying on the away goals rule. They have put on a show at the weekend defeating Hannover 7-0. No wonder are they called FC Hollywood. Ribery and Robben are the most explosive players the Germans have, but look out also for Olic. Louis van Gaal will sweat over the defensive block as van Bommel and Badstuber miss out.
I tip both teams to score, at 3/4.