{"id":12052,"date":"2013-04-12T13:40:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T12:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=12052"},"modified":"2013-04-12T13:40:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T12:40:46","slug":"uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFA semi final Clash:Its Barcelona vs Bayern, Madrid, Borussia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich (Germany) will clash with Barcelona (Spain) while Borussia Dortmund (Germany) will do battle with Real Madrid (Spain) in the semi-finals of this year\u2019s European Champions League, according to the draws just made in Switzerland by Europe\u2019s football governing body, UEFA.<\/p>\n<p>Reactions are already pouring in, the first two from Bayern Munich Chairman Karl Heinz Rummenigge. UEFA.com quotes the highly successful ex-international assaying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarcelona are the benchmark for me in Europe. They have won the Champions League more than any other team in the recent years. They are the best team in Europe at the moment, with fantastic attacking potential.<\/p>\n<p>We played them in 2009 and received a real thumping. I remember that game well and I don\u2019t really like to think about it, because it was quite painful to watch. However, it\u2019s a wonderful opportunity to show that we have improved a lot since then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we will see two very good games, played at the highest possible level. Furthermore, I think playing at home first is a slight advantage, contrary to the popular belief that it\u2019s a disadvantage. We saw that against Juventus, where people said that it might be a disadvantage. But we produced a great performance at home and that set the stage for the return leg and our progression into the semi-finals. I\u2019m really excited that we will get to play the best team in Europe. I still feel Barcelona are the big favourites to win the Champions League.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source News Express<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich (Germany) will clash with Barcelona (Spain) while Borussia Dortmund (Germany) will do battle with Real Madrid (Spain) in the semi-finals of this year\u2019s European Champions League, according to&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UEFA semi final Clash:Its Barcelona vs Bayern, Madrid, Borussia - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UEFA semi final Clash:Its Barcelona vs Bayern, Madrid, Borussia - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bayern Munich (Germany) will clash with Barcelona (Spain) while Borussia Dortmund (Germany) will do battle with Real Madrid (Spain) in the semi-finals of this year\u2019s European Champions League, according to&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-04-12T12:40:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/uefa2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"UEFA semi final Clash:Its Barcelona vs Bayern, Madrid, Borussia\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-04-12T12:40:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/\"},\"wordCount\":265,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/uefa2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/\",\"name\":\"UEFA semi final Clash:Its Barcelona vs Bayern, Madrid, Borussia - Pointblank News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/uefa2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-04-12T12:40:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/uefa2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/uefa2.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UEFA semi final Clash:Its Barcelona vs Bayern, Madrid, Borussia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\",\"name\":\"Pointblank News\",\"description\":\"Just the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\",\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Our Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UEFA semi final Clash:Its Barcelona vs Bayern, Madrid, Borussia - Pointblank News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"UEFA semi final Clash:Its Barcelona vs Bayern, Madrid, Borussia - Pointblank News","og_description":"Bayern Munich (Germany) will clash with Barcelona (Spain) while Borussia Dortmund (Germany) will do battle with Real Madrid (Spain) in the semi-finals of this year\u2019s European Champions League, according to&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/","og_site_name":"Pointblank News","article_published_time":"2013-04-12T12:40:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/uefa2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Our Reporter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Our Reporter","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/"},"author":{"name":"Our Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"headline":"UEFA semi final Clash:Its Barcelona vs Bayern, Madrid, Borussia","datePublished":"2013-04-12T12:40:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/"},"wordCount":265,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/uefa2.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/","name":"UEFA semi final Clash:Its Barcelona vs Bayern, Madrid, Borussia - Pointblank News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/uefa2.jpg","datePublished":"2013-04-12T12:40:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/uefa2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/uefa2.jpg","width":400,"height":300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uefa-semi-final-clashits-barcelona-vs-bayern-madrid-borussia\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UEFA semi final Clash:Its Barcelona vs Bayern, Madrid, Borussia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/","name":"Pointblank News","description":"Just the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c","name":"Our Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Our Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}