FC Porto teach Bayern Munich the meaning of hubris

Hubris. Now there’s a word I really like, with its hint of a serpent’s hiss at the end offset by the near certainty that the slithery one is in for a nasty surprise.

Hence, its close connection to another fine word, schadenfreude, that incomparable feeling of universal glee when the mighty are made to look upon their works and despair.

There was plenty of hubris on display in Porto on Wednesday night as Bayern Munich slumped to an astonishing 3-1 defeat in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.