Bayern, which relaxed when it saw injured Lionel Messi wasn't in Barcelona's starting lineup, is in the final for the third time in four years and will play Borussia Dortmund at London's Wembley Stadium on May 25.
But Nadal then showed why he hasn't lost in Barcelona in a decade, reeling off four straight games.
"I can't distinguish Guardiola from Barcelona, but I certainly can distinguish Mourinho from the clubs he's managed, " Szymanski said.
Most neutrals don't just simply admire Barcelona as one of the greatest teams ever some say the greatest but also appreciate the club's philosophy.
The fact of the matter is that Barcelona isn't just very good, but also eminently pleasant, so the mud doesn't tend to stick.
Because right now, Barcelona isn't just champion of the world.
Chelsea haven't lost in six meetings with Barcelona and won the home leg thanks to a determined defensive display and a Didier Drogba goal just before half time.
After Mali opened their Group B campaign with a 1-0 over group outsiders Niger, former Barcelona star Keita wore a T-shirt with the words "Peace for Mali" as he gathered his man of the match award.
It could be Bayern or Barcelona, I just don't think i t will be Real Madrid v Chelsea and we know why.
Generally speaking, though, most neutrals don't seem to buy the vast conspiracy that some Barcelona critics are peddling.
Woody Allen, whose "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" was widely praised, didn't receive his usual original screenplay nomination.
"If you go to the Barcelona football team museum, you don't play football, " Adria said unapologetically Thursday as he announced the London show.
In fact, the hotel is one of the few high-end places where visitors can stay along Barcelona's harbor, which isn't easily seen from elsewhere in the city.
Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova said Messi wasn't injured, but felt at the end of his last game that he was on the verge of injury after recovering from a hamstring problem.
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The basic qualities that make Barcelona's style so instantly recognizable haven't changed.
There is only one Barcelona player in the top 15 (Xavi), which makes sense Barcelona has so much possession that it doesn't have to press nearly as often, even though high pressing is a fundamental part of its game.
City have reportedly made a 35m Euro bid for Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic , although the offer doesn't appear to be high enough to land the Swede.
And the defending was so swift and organized that Barcelona looked thoroughly pedestrian, a frustrated team that couldn't connect passes when it counted.
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Soccer should hope that Santos won't need to scale back just yet and if it takes Barcelona as a model, then maybe Santos can come back even stronger.
The hunger-inducing nature of the exhibition didn't prevent 650, 000 people visiting it over the course of a year at Barcelona's Palau Robert.
Sagem Orga was on the floor of MWC this week, a company that really doesn't typically draw a lot of attention outside wireless industry suits who fly out to Barcelona to broker deals -- at least, not until they do something totally insane like stuff a WiFi radio into a SIM card.
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Nine Barcelona players won the World Cup (with Spain) and I didn't know how they were going to react.
While it does boast a multinational cast and is set in several international locales (with sequences in upstate New York, Barcelona, Dublin and New Mexico), "Haywire" doesn't feel like a pudding.
Still, Bayern manager Jupp Heynckes didn't buy into the narrative of a power shift in European soccer or indeed that Barcelona's remarkable run of success was suddenly hitting a wall.
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Guardiola, 41, hasn't managed a top-level game since the end of the 2011-12 season, when Barcelona finished as runner-up to Real Madrid in La Liga.
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