Robert Lewandowski scored his 14th goal in this Champions League season
Photo: Pool / Getty ImagesThe scene of the match: Alphonso Davies stood motionless on the left wing opposite his opponent Nélson Semedo. One wobbler, then another and off we went on the wild ride. The 19-year-old had already taken a few meters from the Portuguese to the baseline, he ran to the middle and put the ball beautifully in the back of the defense, where Joshua Kimmich was able to complete the 5-2. A solo as a humiliation. Not the last of the evening for FC Barcelona.
The result: FC Bayern Munich won their quarter-final match in the Champions League against FC Barcelona 8: 2 (4: 1). Click here for the match report.
The first half: After 184 seconds, Thomas Müller gave Bayern the lead, David Alaba equalized with an own goal (7th minute). Ivan Perisic took the lead again with a sharp shot from the left position (22nd), Serge Gnabry (27th) and again Müller (31st) increased to 4: 1. Before, in between and afterwards there were chances galore, a shot from the post by Lionel Messi (10th) and a total of 14: 3 shots on goal for Bayern, who were unleashed after the 2: 1.
Record player Müller: With his 113th appearance, Müller is now the sole record player of FC Bayern in the Champions League and for this occasion he had again created beautiful Müller goals: a ball stabbed into the far corner to make it 1-0, an effectively disgraceful conclusion to the 4: 1. Müller wait, it was his goal participation number 38 and 39 this season.
No Germany - Brazil: As much as Barça stumbled and defensively lost order - there was one decisive difference to the legendary 7-1 in the 2014 World Cup semi-finals: After 25 minutes, the Catalans could have led 3-1, only after that 1: 2 tipped the game in favor of Munich.
The second half: It skiddled for ten minutes, then Luis Suárez brought some tension back into the game with his first Champions League goal outside of Barcelona since September 2015 (57th) Davies provided the scene of the game and Kimmich did that for six minutes 5: 2 from (63rd). Robert Lewandowski headed it 6-2 (82nd) and Philippe Coutinho, who had been loaned to Bayern by Barcelona, set the final points (85th and 89th). 8: 2. Eight to two. Barcelona's biggest defeat in almost 70 years. That was still Germany-Brazil style.
Out in the semi-finals for Messi and not a fifth Champions League title
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The end of an era: FC Barcelona ended the 2019/2020 season without a title and will have to classify this squad as not sustainable. Against Bayern, coach Quique Setién sent the oldest team in the club's history into a Champions League game, which half an hour after kick-off was the first Barça team to concede four goals in a first half. His tactical move to start with two points instead of three went wrong. How it went wrong in the 2-0 draw in the decisive championship game at Real Madrid.
1 on 1: When Manuel Neuer and Marc-André ter Stegen meet, the question of who is the best German goalkeeper always comes up. Neither of them made mistakes, Ter Stegen had the misfortune to get involved in a discussion about the best possible execution if there were more set-up activities.
The machine: ninth Champions League game of the season, ninth victory - Bayern roll irresistibly through this season. Only FC Barcelona had such a series in 2002/2003 on the way to the title. The triumph at the final tournament should already be statistically certain: These two teams met four times in a knockout duel, and the winner always won the corresponding European Cup.
The eight: FC St. Pauli, Hamburger SV, FC Barcelona. A nice series.
Perisic's plus point: The fact that from Munich's point of view the recovery process of Kingsley Coman was relaxed was due to Perisic's strong performance in the second leg of the second leg against Chelsea. A performance that the Croatian confirmed against Barcelona. Perfectly integrated into the pressing, with a lot of pull and overview in the last third and the hit to make it 2-1. His sixth scorer point in the eighth Champions League game for Bayern.
Only two left: Two games separate the Munich team before the title. The next hurdle awaits next Wednesday (9 p.m., TV: Sky, live ticker: SPIEGEL.de), when Bayern are looking for the winner of the match between Manchester City and Olympique Lyon (Saturday, 9 p.m., TV: Sky and Dazn, live ticker: SPIEGEL.de).
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