This week, the second leg of Champions League semi-finals took place with Bayern Munich cruising past Barcelona 7-0 on aggregate thanks to their 3-0 victory at the Nou Camp on Wednesday.
Man City's Joleon Lescott was thrilled for former teammate and current Munich defender Jerome Boateng and even had the cheek to ask for a couple of tickets to the Wembley final on May 25.
Congrats to @jb17official and his team on reaching the champs league final. I only need 2 tickets #Jokes. — Joleon Lescott (@JoleonLescott) May 1, 2013
And Joey Barton was full of praise for Bayern's supremely consistent skipper Philipp Lahm .
What a player Lahm is. Never puts a foot wrong. You could put your life on him for a 7 out of 10 every week. Solid. — Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) May 1, 2013
Stoke City striker Michael Owen, who doesn't mind a punt, was left to question whether or not there is a power shift in European football following Borussia Dortmund's win over Real Madrid and Bayern's triumph over Barca.
Wow. A power shift in the footballing world and my pre tournament bet on Bayern at 12-1 is looking good! — michael owen (@themichaelowen) May 1, 2013
I wonder who would be favourites now in an international match between Spain and Germany? #powershift — michael owen (@themichaelowen) May 1, 2013
Bayern's opponent in the CL final, Borussia Dortmund, were experiencing a frenzy of interest in tickets for the London decider.
This is just insane: Within the first six hours, we've already had over 100.000 ticket requests for the #UCLfinal! #echteliebe — Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) May 1, 2013
Der BVB trifft im Finale der Champions League 2013 auf Bayern München. // Dortmund faces Bayern Munich at #UCLfinal 2013.
— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) May 1, 2013
Whilst Nuri Sahin, on loan with Dortmund from Real Madrid, was enjoying the elimination of his parent club on Tuesday night with his teammates.
Wembley Calling !!!yfrog.com/nxlrssmwj — Nuri ?ahin (@nurisahin05) May 1, 2013
Earlier in the week, Norwich City's Sebastien Bassong was thrilled to see first-year Tottenham player Jan Vertonghen named in the PFA Team of the Year.
Special shout out to @jan_vertonghen for being in the team of the year for his first season! Well done #petitprince — Sebastien bassong (@BassongOfficiel) April 29, 2013
Aston Villa keeper Brad Guzan was revelling in their stunning 6-1 win over Sunderland on Monday night.
get innn! huge result for more than 1 reason. effort from the boys was unreal only to be topped by the fan support #utv#onwardsandupwards — brad guzan (@bguzan) April 29, 2013
Whilst Andreas Weimann feels the Villains have done enough to avoid relegation
Massive performance from the whole team and fans pushed us in all game!! What a win and now 3 big games to go #utv#stayingup !! — Andreas Weimann (@andiweimann) April 29, 2013
And the official Villa page posted a brilliant shot of Christian Benteke who netted a hat-trick in the massive triumph.
Hat-trick hero Christian Benteke celebrates. #AVFCtwitter.com/AVFCOfficial/s — Aston Villa FC (@AVFCOfficial) April 29, 2013
With Manchester City skipper Vincent Kompany excited for his fellow countryman.
Benteke, I salute you! Superb Hat Trick! #astonvilla#belgium
— Vincent Kompany (@VincentKompany) April 29, 2013
And former Villa ace Juan Pablo Angel was also full of praise for the first-year Premier League striker.
Congratulation @christbenteke for reaching the 20+ goal mark in a season!Absolutely brilliant #avfc — Juan Pablo Angel (@JUANPABLOANGEL) April 29, 2013
And Manchester City's Sergio Aguero was confident that former Argentina teammate and Inter Milan captain Javier 'Pupi' Zanetti would fully recover from the Achilles injury that will keep him out for six months following successful surgery.
Good luck on the recovery, Pupi! I have no doubt you'll pull through #FuerzaZanetti — Sergio Aguero (@aguerosergiokun) April 30, 2013
