article_snippet.sent: But given the backroom strife at (right) NEIL ASHTON - Bayern Munich, particularly over Arjen Robben's injury, I'd narrowly go for Lionel Messi and Barcelona ending their four-year Champions League 'drought'.
article_snippet.sent: Carlos Tevez, Paul Pogba and Gianluigi Buffon -  experience, goals and know-how.
article_snippet.sent: Carlos Tevez isn't Lionel Messi (or Cristiano Ronaldo), Paul Pogba isn't Thomas Muller and Buffon isn't Manuel Neuer: Yes, Thomas Muller and Buffon are ugly bugs on a catwalk of super powers, but Thomas Muller and Buffon Thomas Muller and Buffon win this.
article_snippet.sent: Or, indeed, a certain Ronaldo.
article_snippet.sent: I'm tempted to say DRAPER - Bayern Munich but Bastian Schweinsteiger and Arjen Robben've got similar buckling deficiencies to JACK GAUGHAN - Barcelona we've seen recently.
article_snippet.sent: I would back Neymar to outwit any of the remaining managers in the tournament with the players at Neymar disposal.
article_snippet.sent: Everyone talks about - well - possess Messi and Ronaldo, but the collective force of DRAPER - Bayern Munich players is frightening.