Think we will get beat comfortably by Barca. Pep never does well against Spanish teams in the champions league. They're the finished product whereas city are a work in progress. A battering may not be a bad thing as it gives the players the experience
Not so sure. 2010-2011 Pep beat Mou's Madrid in the semifinals. At Bayern, yes he lost all 3 semifinals to Spanish teams. But if u look at the details:
2013-14 Semi: Pep & the players fked up in the second leg; Actually they were the better team in the first leg but unfortunate to lose it 1-0 at Bernabeu
2014-15 Semi: Bayern were ravaged by injuries; 6 first-team starters missing against Barcelona - Robben, Ribery, Alaba, Martinez, Thiago, Badstuber. Game was delicately poised until the 75th minute at 0-0 until Messi intervened. 2nd leg Pep won but it was more or less a dead rubber, though Bayern had enough chances to overturn the 1st leg deficit. Ter Stegen played a blinder. But yes, Barca were the better team overall. However, one cannot discount the 6 big 1st team player injuries. If tables were reversed and Barca had those injuries, Bayern would hv won it. Certainly bad luck.
2015-16 Semi: Bayern were the best team of last year's CL. And they were certainly much better than Atleti. Mueller missed a penalty, Atleti's 2nd goal was offside. In any case, Bayern should hv won but narrowly lost. But Bayern attacked Atleti in that 2nd leg in a manner, nobody has attacked Simeone's Atletico - absolutely relentless! Simeone even acknowledged after the game that Pep's Bayern were the best team he had faced as Atleti manager
I would say, overall with Pep, we hv a very good shot as any of the other elite clubs. Of course we are a work in progress. Pep has just started. Hopefully all the players buy-into Pep's ideas and tactics quickly!