TURIN, Italy (AP) — 7:30 p.m.
If tonight is the main course, tomorrow comes dessert: Barcelona hosting Bayern Munich on Wednesday in the first leg of the other semifinal.
Bayern coach Pep Guardiola, who led Barcelona to 14 titles before heading to Germany, sounded a little conflicted about his homecoming.
“Barca is a very important part of my life. Until now it was everything, but I am here to win,” he said at the Camp Nou dressed in a bright red Bayern shirt. “It’s inevitable not to remember things now. When I joined Bayern, sooner or later this could happen, but the first time is the first time. I am not here for an homage but to see Bayern through to the final.”
7:10 p.m.
What a football feast. On a warm, dry but overcast evening here in Turin, two giants of the game — Juventus and Real Madrid — play the first of two semifinal legs for a place in the June 6 Champions League final in Berlin. Fans have been gathering outside the Juventus Stadium since early afternoon and flocked at the gates where the team buses drive through, hoping to glimpse the players.
They greeted Madrid’s bus with both boos and cheers. Other fans are playing football in a nearby car park.
Kick-off is under two hours away.
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