The National's Sport cover for the Wednesday, April 22 issue, featuring Bayern Munich as they stormed back to batter FC Porto and reach the Champions League semi-finals.
Bayern shockingly went down 3-1 in the first leg, but looked more their all-conquering selves at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday night in a 6-1 thrashing.
Writes Richard Jolly:
“It is in Pep Guardiola’s nature to reach for the stars. He is an idealist, an elitist, a perfectionist. And if perfection is by its nature forever unattainable, there are times when the Spaniard’s sides come perilously close.
“Bayern Munich were irresistible, incredible even. They made quarter-finalists look like miserable minnows.
“Porto were destroyed, demolished, demoralised. So much for the suggestions this was the closest thing to a crisis Guardiola had experienced during his time in Bavaria.”
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