Today kicks off the first semi-final in the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League season with a vintage match-up between Bayern Munich and Barcelona, scheduled to stop off at 2:45pm ET, stay from Munich. For visitors in america, the match will be shown go on FOX Soccer (with pre-game coverage beginning at 2pm ET). With the news yesterday evening that Bayern Munich has agreed a fee to signal Mario Gotze from Borussia Dortmund come july 1st, Bayern are turning out to be a global leader, so a remarkable result against Barcelona today could provide the German team a huge boost against undoubtedly the best team in the world, Barcelona. With Barcelona, the major question is whether Lionel Messi is going to be fit or not to perform in todayas fit. In accordance with news reports, Messi has been given the all-clear to play today, therefore the only question is whether heall start or not. In a match of this size, and knowing how poor Barcelona play without him, I believe Messi needs to start. Bayern Munich beginning XI:ANeuer, Lahm, Dante, Boateng, Alaba, Schweinsteiger, Martinez, Robben, Muller, Ribery, Gomez. Barcelona beginning XI:AValdAs, Alves, Bartra, PiquA, Alba; Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta; Pedrito, Alexis, Messi. Before, during or after todayas Champions League match, join in the conversation with other football fans in the comments section below. Founder and publisher of EPL Talk, The Gaffer (aka Christopher Harris) is a correspondent who has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian and other publications in addition to on NPR, BBC World, CBC, BBC Five Live, talkSPORT and beIN SPORT. Harris, who lives in Florida, has supported Swansea City since 1979. Harris released EPL Talk in 2005.
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