Lionel Messi's Barcelona suffered a historic disaster when they fell 8-2 against Bayern Munich, in Lisbon in the quarterfinals of the ChampÃons League, in a one-game match without a crowd of people due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Presently Bayern Munich awaits the champ of the match
between Manchester City and Lyon, which shuts the quarters on Saturday. Leipzig
and Paris Saint-Germain will meet in the other semi-final.
In a match between favorites, the only two bosses of the
competition surviving in the quarterfinals, it took the German monster half an hour to find all the defensive deficiencies of Barcelona, which suffered its most
noticeably terrible ever defeat in the European Cup.
Thomas Muller shone with a twofold (4 and 31) and in the
middle scored the Croatian Ivan Perisic (21) and Serge Gnabry (27).
As of now in the second half (63) Joshua Kimmich accomplished
the fifth. The Polish Robert Lewandowski (82) and the Brazilian Coutinho,
loaned to the German club by Barcelona, shut the account (85 and 89).
Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich: confirmed line-ups
Barcelona: Marc-Andre Stegen; Gerard Pique, Jordi
Alba, Clement Lenglet, Nelson Semedo; Vidal, Jong,Busquets, Roberto; Luis
Suarez, Lionel Messi.
Bayern
Munich: Manuel Neuer; Kimmch,
Boateng, Alaba, Davies, thiago, Goretzka,Gnabry,Muller, Perisic, Lewandowski.
Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich, the preview
Among the best eight teams in the European tournament, just
two of them recognize what it is to lift the 'Orejona', but they are not in the
definition for the title. The 'Barza' and the Bavarians will meet in the
quarterfinals in the match of champions, repeating the history of the matches
between them after five years.
That time, Lionel Messi shone to conquer the tie, where
his cast was the top choice. On this event, both show equivalent forces,
although solidity represents the Teutons in the last games.
Barcelona kicked out Napoli to reach this stage, but he
did not leave the script he had in his last games. Dominance in the early part,
leadership in the field of important elements such as Messi and Frenkie De Jong
and power with Suarez in the face of goal. The best form of Setien's team goes
to one of the questions in the same match, granting space before their rivals and
being not able to capture regularity.
For this match, Quique Setien once again has Sergio
Busquets and Vidal. The Chilean appears as a factor to fight in the midfield
against his ex-club.
Bayern Munich had twelve official games since the arrival
to football because of the pandemic and won them all. A team that has
alternatives to reach the opposite goal and that appears as one of the best in
the competition.
Bayern Munich had twelve authority games since the
arrival to football because of the pandemic and won them all. A group that has
choices to arrive at the contrary objective and that shows up as truly
outstanding in the opposition.
In that period of commitments, they scored 37 goals, of
which 14 came only from Robert Lewandowski. The Polish striker is the current
top scorer in the Champions League with 13 goals in seven games, a threat that
he will seek to impose to take the step towards the semifinals.
