Prior to Tuesday night's DFB-Pokal semi-final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, the home fans erected a huge display down one end of the Allianz Arena displaying Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben as Batman and Robin.
The message was simple: We have the star players, and we have the success. Dortmund may have their own double act—Marco Reus and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who have both donned masks of such superheroes this season—but they simply don't compare.
Yet in a manner only football has a habit of possessing, it was the Black and Yellow fans of Dortmund who would be partying late into the night with a late rally and penalty shootout that saw Jurgen Klopp overcome Pep Guardiola's Bavarian giants for the final time before he parts ways with the club this summer.