LISBON, Portugal (AP) – Bayern Munich inflicted the top and humiliating defeat of the Lionel Messi era in Barcelona and one of the worst in the team’s history with an 8-2 to triumph in the Champions League semi-finals on Friday.
Bayern’s very good start in the quarter-finals between the only former champions of the last eight games saw Thomas Muller score twice and Ivan Perio and Serge Gnabry added in the early part of the hour.
Barcelona conceded 8 goals for the first time since 1946 after Joshua Kimmich, Robert Lewandowski and Philippe Coutinho (twice) huddled in the middle.
Barcelona scored only seven shots of the match, reaching the board with a purpose opposite to the appearance of David Alaba in the first half and thanks to Luis Suarez in the second.
“It’s a disastrous result. It’s a disgrace,” Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué said. “This is unacceptable.”
In search of their first name since 2013, Bayern will face Manchester City or Lyon, who will face off in the final quarter-finals on Saturday.
Paris Saint-Germain and Leipzig meet in the other semi-final of mini-tour fans in Lisbon amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“Brutal, ” said Kimmich. “It’s hard to beat Barcelona 8-2. We were so targeted from the first minute that we sought to move forward with intent. A result in the end, but we’re not done yet.”
Bayern’s biggest win in Champions League history has kept them for a sixth title, which would put them ahead of Barcelona. The German club has the maximum of victories against Barcelona in the history of the tournament.
“We knew that if we pushed them, we would have opportunities,” Bayern coach Hansi Flick said. “We have so much quality and intensity in this team, now we have to recharge and in the next game, where we start from scratch.”
The humiliating defeat ended an unforgettable season for Barcelona, which included coach replenishment and public disputes between the players and the team’s leaders. This is the first time since 2008 that the club has finished a season without a significant title. He has won the European trophy since 2015.
This defeat is reminiscent of the forgotten past Barcelona defeats:
– Eight fitted for the first time since 1946 when losing 8-0 against Sevilla in the Copa del Rey final.
– Increased margin of defeat since 1951 against Espanyol 6-0 in the Spanish league.
– Only the moment he scored five goals in a European match, following the 5–4 defeat in the second leg against Levski Sofia in the quarter-finals of the 1975–76 UEFA Cup.
Quique Setién’s remaining time as a coach will be counted in hours. It was already criticized after Barcelona ceded the leadership of the Spanish league – and the name – to Real Madrid after the resumption of the festival after the outbreak of the pandemic.
“At the moment it’s too early to ask if I’m staying at the club or not,” Setién said. “The truth is, it’s not my turn. It is valuable that we all paint about the vital and a wide diversity of things that correspond to a defeat of this importance and that is so painful.”
In a frantic start at Benfica’s Light Stadium, Barcelona paid for defensive errors against Bayern’s tough attack, which reached 39 goals in nine Champions League matches.
Just four minutes later, he scored from inside the area after a breakaway that began when Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets ceded the ball to the midfielder.
Barcelona tied 3 minutes later when Alaba discovered his people looking to intercept a pass from Jordi Alba to Suarez.
Barcelona had some opportunities soon after, Suarez’s kick-through was stored through Manuel Neuer and Messi’s cross-shot hit the post at the time.
Messi also failed after a run to the area, and Bayern came ahead with a heavy shot from Peri-Io against goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen at 22.
Bayern added the third and fourth goals 3 minutes away after Gnabry beat Gerard Piqué with a pass in the area at 28, and Muller capped a centre in the area at 31 after the right-back of Barcelona Nelson Semedo conceded possession.
Suarez took Barcelona at 57, but Kimmich added the fifth goal at 63 after Alphonso Davies crossed the barcelona defence.
Lewandowski scored at 82 and Coutinho, on loan from Barcelona, closed the scoring with goals in the 85th and 89th minutes and celebrated it.
Bayern’s 8 goals matched the top club record in a Match in the Champions League era. Borussia Dortmund beat Legia Warsaw 8-4 in the 2016-17 organizing stage. This is the top through a club in a Champions League Era playoff.
With his double, he scored six goals in five matches against Barcelona at the behest of the German player with the maximum matches in the Champions League with 113.
The demise of Barcelona No Spanish club has reached the semi-finals for the first time since 2007.
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