The Barça did not fall before semis from the 2006/07

Since in the year 2006-2007 the Liverpool deleted to the Barça in the eighth of final, the Barcelona team had not remained out of the competition before the penultimate round. The series initiates the just following season, although with Frank Rijkaard in the bench, when the Manchester United deleted to the Barcelona in the semifinals thanks to a solitary goal of Paul Scholes. That defeat propició the course of the Dutch technician, that would give step to the victorious "was Guardiola".

During the four seasons of the of Santpedor in the bench, the Barça arrived always to the semifinals like minimum, conquering two titles (2009 and 2011). Finally, the past season, with Jordi Roura in the bench like accidental relief of Tito Vilanova, the Barça also arrived to the semifinals tracing back in front of the Milan in the eighth and suffering in front of the Paris Saint -Germain in the chambers. In front of the Bayern, however, the Barça fit a 7-0 global in the eliminatory that did to presage quite a lot of changes in the team and that finally did not carry out.

The Bayern would finish proclaiming champion of Europe, as previously they went it the Inter (2010) and Chelsea (2012), the previous hangmen of the Barça. Definitely, a good statistics for the followers of the Athletic of Madrid.