After a six-hour train ride from Munich (with an incident that I will post about later), I am already in the O2 Arena for the game between Alba and Jerusalem. One thing that I noticed before the game is the difference in food served to journalists before the game.

In Munich there were four kinds of meat, five kinds of bread, potatoes, coffee, juice and beer.

In Berlin there were only sparkling water.

Conclusion: in Berlin they are much more sensitive to Jewish holidays.

It took a team led by Dutch Captain, Dutch Coach, French and Croatian scorers and an injured Dutch superstar to bring back what was seemed lost: you play football for 90 minutes and then the Germany wins.

I was not disappointed by the final score but mainly by the lack of effort by the United players. For both teams it was also a preparation for a crucial league game on the weekend and for the first 60 minutes it seemed like Bayern is preparing United for a game against Bolton, not Chelsea. There was nothing that I saw yesterday that can make me believe that Bayern can win next week.

Of course everything changes if Rooney is really hurt. It would be sad to lose but that’s why it is important to look at football through historical perspective: Munich was never a good city for United destinies. We have lost… weiter lesen