BARCELONA — Despite the presence of Lionel Messi and 14 World Cup winners, the attention will be on the touchline as much as the pitch on Wednesday when Pep Guardiola leads his Bayern Munich side into the stadium he called home for so long.Guardiola has been to Barcelona’s Camp Nou hundreds of times, as captain during an 11-year playing career and in winning 14 trophies in a four-year spell as the club’s most successful coach to date.The last time he was there, for Barca’s Champions League win over Manchester City in February, he sat in his seat, a season ticket in the stands next to his father.This midweek, though, he will experience the vast concrete bowl of a ground from a different angle, as the opposition coach as Bayern travel to Catalonia in the first-leg of their Champions League semifinal.His visit could not have come at a better time for former teammate and friend Luis Enrique.The Barca boss has followed in Guardiola’s footsteps throughout his playing and coaching career. ...
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