DERMOT CORRIGAN: Del Bosque needs fresh impetus

There was something dispiriting about the last half hour of Barcelona’s 0-3 Champions League semi-final second leg defeat to Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

The mood inside the Camp Nou was dismal as an exhausted and listless Barca side stumbled towards a club record 7-0 two leg European defeat.

Once Arjen Robben’s opening goal went in coach Tito Vilanova withdrew key playmaker Xavi Hernandez. Fellow Spanish international midfielder Andres Iniesta was substituted soon afterwards, adding to the feeling that Barca had just given up.