4 Musim Beruntun Bayern Disingkirkan Wakil Spanyol di Liga Champions, Kembali Berlanjut?

BAYERN Munich merupakan salah satu klub pemegang badge of honour di Liga Champions. Badge of honour diberikan karena Die Roten –julukan Bayern– sempat tiga kali beruntun menjadi yang terbaik di Liga Champions, plus jika ditotal sudah mengoleksi lima trofi si Kuping Besar.

Trofi Liga Champions terakhir yang disabet Bayern ialah pada 2012-2013. Saat itu di partai puncak, klub asuhan Jupp Heynckes mengalahkan sang rival satu negara, Borussia Dortmund, dengan skor 2-1. Akan tetapi setelah menjadi kampiun pada 2012-2013, Bayern tak pernah lagi keluar sebagai juara
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Jangankan menjadi juara, lolos hingga partai puncak pun Thomas Muller dan kawan-kawan tak mampu melakukannya. Ada yang unik dari tersingkirnya Bayern dari Liga Champions dalam empat musim terakhir. Ternyata, klub asal Spanyol merupakan penjegal utama Bayern. Dalam empat musim terakhir, langkah Bayern selalu dihentikan klub asal Spanyol.

Pada Liga Champions 2013-2014 atau musim pertama ditangani Josep Guardiola, Bayern dibuat hancur lebur oleh Real Madrid. Setelah kalah 0-1 pada leg I pertama yang berlangsung di Santiago Bernabeu, Bayern takluk 0-4 pada pertemuan kedua yang digelar di Stadion Allianz Arena. Alhasil, mereka pun kalah agregat 0-5
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Kemudian di edisi 2014-2015, giliran Barcelona yang menghukum Bayern di semifinal. Pada leg I yang digelar di Camp Nou, Barcelona menang 3-0. Sebenarnya pada leg II Bayern menang 3-2, namun hasil itu belum cukup untuk meloloskan mereka ke partai puncak
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Selanjutnya pada 2015-2016, Atletico Madrid yang menghentikan langkah Bayern di empat besar. Sebenarnya agregat sama kuat 2-2 setelah melakoni dua pertandingan. Akan tetapi, Bayern kalah agresivitas gol tandang
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Sementara itu semusim setelahnya atau pada 2016-2017, lagi-lagi Madrid yang menyingkirkan Bayern. Setelah kalah 1-2 di kandang sendiri, Bayern dibuat tak berkutik setelah takluk 2-4 di Bernabeu pada pertemuan kedua.

Bahkan Bayern berpotensi untuk kelima kalinya secara beruntun disingkirkan wakil Spanyol di Liga Champions. Sebab pada leg I semifinal Liga Champions 2017-2018, Bayern takluk 1-2 dari Madrid.
Karena itu jelas, Bayern tak ingin nasib buruk di empat musim sebelumnya kembali terulang

. Mereka jelas bertekad membalikkan keadaan pada leg II yang berlangsung Rabu 2 Mei 2018 dini hari WIB, demi memberi kado perpisahan kepada sang pelatih, Heynckes.

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Are Bathroom Hand Dryers Sanitary?

Public bathrooms are already a nightmare for anyone who hates germs, and I usually try to just not think about all of the bacteria around me. I cringe when I sit down on a public toilet seat or turn on a faucet, but a new study has me wondering whether I've been worried about the wrong thing all along. If you're wondering whether bathroom hand dryers are sanitary, you should know that a new study found they may spray you with more bacteria than you'd ever think. Researchers at the University of Connecticut analyzed public restrooms and found that hand dryers were dispersing Bacillus subtilis, a bacteria commonly found in human feces. If you're thinking about switching to paper towels permanently, I don't blame you. I prefer hand dryers because they're less messy and, supposedly, better for the environment, but you may also leave the bathroom with bacteria-covered hands. To understand the horrifying results, it's important to know how hand dryers actually work. After you poop, the bacteria can end up aerosolized thanks to flushing, especially because so many public bathrooms don't have lids on their toilets. Some hand dryers recirculate the air in the room, which leads to bacteria ending up on your hands after you wash them. The research team swabbed the hand dryers and didn't find enough germs to account for the bacteria output, according to Live Science, so scientists theorized that bacteria in the air is the cause. The good news is that you aren't likely to get sick from a hand dryer, even though the ick factor is high here. Researchers say the implications of their study are important for health care facilities and other sterilized environments, but most of our immune systems can handle the bacteria that's being blown our way. Adding HEPA filters to hand dryers could be one way to reduce the bacteria that's currently being spread, according to the UConn team. HEPA filters absorb particles and are often found in air purifiers, and the researchers found that bacteria was reduced fourfold after retrofitting hand dryers with the filters. Researchers already suspected that hand dryers were kind of gross. In February, a picture of a petri dish filled with gross-looking spores that were reportedly from a hand dryer got hundreds of thousands of shares on Facebook. A 2016 study found that jet hand dryers — the ultra-modern dryers that blow a lot of air quickly and actually get your hands dry in seconds — spread 1,300 more virus clumps than paper towels, according to Popular Science. But this study provides evidence of how the hand dryers become contaminated in the first place and steps that can be taken to reduce bacteria. So should you switch to paper towels? Like I said, I don’t blame you if you have the urge, but hand dryers are arguably better for the environment. Paper towels end up in the trash, while hand dryers don’t create any waste once they're manufactured, shipped and installed. Still, it’s kind of pointless to wash your hands and have them dirtier than they were when you came into the bathroom, so it’s your choice. Quartz says the findings are most useful for people who work in labs and handle harmful pathogens and healthcare facilities with immunocompromised patients — even though no one wants germs on them, you’ll likely be okay if you’re a healthy adult. And if a bathroom only has hand dryers, you aren’t left with much of a choice. Eventually, manufacturers will catch on and add air filters to hand dryers, but until then, just try not to think about it too much as you’re drying your hands in a public bathroom and use hand sanitizer liberally.