Bayern Munich defeated Barcelona 3-0 in a very important match of the UEFA Champions League and showed the way out of the tournament. In the match played at the Allianz Arena in Munich late on Wednesday night, Bayern dominated the match from the beginning of the match and won the football match very easily.
With this, Barcelona’s streak of reaching the knockout stage for 17 consecutive years also came to an end. Earlier, Barcelona’s team had failed to reach the knockout stage of the football tournament in the 2003–04 season. From Group H, Bayern won all 6 matches to earn a total of 18 points, and the team qualified for the knockout stage by finishing first. Apart from the German club, Benfica’s team also managed to qualify for the next round. Benfica beat Dynamo Kyiv 2-0.
In the match with Bayern, Barcelona needed a win at all costs. But Bayern’s balanced team did not allow the Spanish club and the five-time Champions League winning team to play. From the start of the match, Bayern made several consecutive attacks on Barcelona’s goal post one after the other. The team led by Lewandowski, Muller, and Sane stunned the Barcelona defenders.
In the 34th minute of the match, Thomas Müller scored a header to put Bayern 1–0 ahead. This was Müller’s 8th goal in 7 matches in the Champions League against Barcelona. Leroy Sane, on the other hand, scored a brilliant goal in the 43rd minute of the match when he overcame Barcelona goalkeeper Ter Stegen from a long distance to take his team 2-0. By the halftime of the match, Bayern’s team was ahead 2-0.
Moving further to the second half, Musiala pushed the lead to 3-0 in the 62nd minute and the digits on the scoreboard remained constant until the final whistle. Barcelona failed to find the net even for once throughout the game and as a result, the Blaguarana team will have to settle for Europa League.
