I remember sprinting home from the bus stop because I didn’t want to miss a second of this game. I remember Neuer in the buildup to this game famously saying, “I will show Messi who’s boss.” And why wouldn’t he? Bayern had battered Barcelona 7-0 just a couple years prior. This Bayern team felt larger than life. All in their primes. Many fresh off World Cup victory. Enter the man. He collects the ball. Boateng faces him up. Best defender in the world shouts. World Cup champion. The man cuts inside. Boateng shifts his weight to square his opp- he’s outside again! Boateng can only watch in horror as the little man leaves his atmosphere. He can’t recover. As he falls, he prays. There’s reason enough to hope. The man still has the greatest keeper of all time in front of him. The angle is tight and he’s on his weak foot. Maybe… But where the world sees a wall, he sees weakness. The German Giant was off his line, undone by a chip. I ran around the house like a madman until Mom came home.