Bayern Munich has donned the costume of great favorite of the Champions League by atomizing Barcelona on Friday in the quarter-finals of the competition: 8-2! An express success acquired from the half hour of play. At that time, Thomas Müller had just scored a brace which brought the score to 4-1. A score almost trompe l'oeil when we know that Barcelona had only found the net on a goal against his camp of Alaba (1-1, 7th). At the time, the Munich defender laughed. The Germans were too sure of their strength.
Steamroller
Müller opened the scoring in the 4th minute after a mind-boggling one-two with Lewandowski. Messi's strike on the post (10th) in the wake was only an illusion.
Bayern had long activated the steamroller mode. Perisic took advantage of a ball lost by Barcelona in the middle to deceive Ter Stegen with an overpowered left strike (1-2, 21st) before Gnabry drove the point home on a perfect service from Goretzka (1-3, 27th ). A demonstration of power and technical mastery. Griezmann's entry into play at half-time gives Barcelona a little bit of color. A return to form materialized by the drafting of Suarez's score after a delicious hook on Boateng (2-4, 57th).
A shipwreck symbolized by Semedo
A final distress rocket in the middle of Barcelona's sea of helplessness, which only fired seven times in all and for all. A shipwreck symbolized by Semedo, humiliated on a dribble from young Davies. In the process, the 19-year-old Canadian served Kimmich perfectly to transform the Catalan torture into humiliation (2-5, 63rd). Lewandowski (2-6, 82nd) then Coutinho (2-7, 85th and 2-8, 89th) complete a masterpiece which precipitates the end of the passage on the Catalan bench of Quique Setien.
A rout that should make Barcelona tremble on its foundations. From the coach to the president, a big cleaning is to be expected in a club weighed down by the deleterious atmosphere for several months. Bayern will calmly watch the Manchester City - Lyon match this Saturday. Next Wednesday, the winner of the meeting will be notified. He will face him a real scarecrow.