Tops / Flops Barcelona-Bayern: The incredible Bavarian furia, the supreme humiliation for Barça

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Merciless Bayern
26 shots, 13 on target and 8 goals scored. Bayern Munich engaged in a real shelling of the Barcelona goal on Friday night. In the midfield, the Goretzka-Thiago Alcantara pair made the law, leaving the Gnabry, Perisic and Müller to pierce the opposing lines at will. On the sides, Kimmich and Davies regularly set fire, with, icing on the cake, a goal from the German side on a service from the Canadian author of a breathtaking solo number against Semedo. In front, Robert Lewandowski took a little time before finding the fault (82nd). But before that, the Pole did a huge job for his teammates. With formidable efficiency, the German machine driven by Hansi Flick is now heading for a 6th European title. Who can stop it?

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Müller, Barça's nightmare
Author of a double and a brilliant performance in Lisbon, Thomas Müller was the general-in-chief of the impressive and constant Bavarian offensive. A habit for the 2014 world champion who now has 6 goals against Barça in the Champions League. No one has martyred the Blaugrana rearguard in the European Cup more. Logically elected man of the match, the thirty-something with the socks down and with an unacademic style remains a huge player, an extraordinary passer (25 offerings this season) and cold-blooded killer in major meetings. “We were brutally domineering,” he summed up after the match. Indeed, it is brutal.

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Barça at the bottom of the hole like never before
His good reaction after the opening of the early score of Müller (4th), rewarded by the goal against his camp of Alaba (7th), allowed him to briefly delude himself. Then the evening of Barça turned into a total nightmare. Overtaken, drowned, suffocated, the Catalans suffered the German waves, without ever being able to stem them. Like Ter Stegen, with a terrible and unusual imprecision in his reminders, the Barcelona rearguard suffered martyrdom under the blows of the Bavarian. Barça had never conceded more than six goals in the European Cup. "It's a shame", stammered Gerard Pique. The end of summer is likely to be rough in Catalonia.

¡Adiós Setien!
On an ejection seat even before the Lisbon Final 8, Quique Setien undoubtedly played his last game on the Barça bench on Friday night. The native of Santander had chosen to switch to 4-4-2 and leave Griezmann on the bench to densify his midfield. Yet another bad inspiration, swept away by Bavarian fury. Arrived in Catalonia last January to replace Ernesto Valverde, Setien lost a La Liga which extended its arms to him (5 points ahead of Real Madrid before the Covid-19 crisis) and will remain as the coach of the most big humiliation of Barça's history in the European Cup. It is already time to turn the page.

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