What everyone feared ended up happening. Barcelona will play 18 years later in the UEFA Europa League. The culé team is eliminated from the Champions League after a rather bad game against Bayern who did not press the accelerator too much, because with several direct attacks they managed to knock down a Barça that needs more than anything to start winning games.
In this tough season in which everything goes wrong, the team led by Xavi Hernández is going to have to change many things if they do not want their season to end in February. Today the Bavarian team has passed well above the Catalans, and the difference in current level between the two clubs is abysmal.
The game began with a magnificent pressure from the Barcelona fans that turned into a mirage after 10 minutes. The Germans began to take charge of the match and move the attacks from one side to the other without Barça being able to even make an attempt to stop them.
It wasn’t until Jordi Alba’s injury that the team split in half. Three minutes after the entry of Oscar Mingueza, a great play by Robert Lewandowski finished with a cross to Thomas Müller who headed at pleasure to beat Marc André ter Stegen. Five minutes before the break, Leroy Sané extended the distance with a whip from the front that the German goalkeeper could not repel. Very lazy on that action.
The second part was more of the same and despite the fact that Barça had some opportunities, the lack of grit and evil in the final meters allowed the Germans to win the match again. The third and last goal was scored by Musiala after a great individual play by Alphonso Davies.
Both teams let the minutes pass until the referee signaled the inevitable end that sends Barça to the UEFA Europa League. The defeat of Sevilla will force the people of Seville to enter together with the Catalan team in the draw for sixteenths.
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