Marc-André ter Stegen, goal: From a German point of view, it was the duel of this quarter-finals. New vs. ter Stegen, the two national goalkeepers in comparison. Barcelona's goalkeeper is not the winner of this duel. This is less due to the eight goals conceded, as ter Stegen was mostly left in the lurch by his front men. The 28-year-old was still not flawless - especially in the build-up of the game. That is actually Ter Stegen's great strength, but with his sometimes risky passes he made two good chances for Thiago (24th minute) and Robert Lewandowski (29th) possible. He then brilliantly destroyed the second.
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Nélson Semedo, defense: The right-back was one of the conspicuous players at FC Barcelona - but more often in a negative way. In the 0: 1 Semedo was very far up, Bayern skillfully used the space on his side (3rd). Semedo had to play against Munich's shooting star Alphonso Davies, at 2: 5 it became clear which of the two is the better kicker. Davies easily passed the 26-year-old Portuguese (63rd). In the offensive, he did not put a shot on goal, in the first round he enabled one of the few shot chances of Lionel Messi (20th) with a run.
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Clément Lenglet, defense: The French were to be regretted. Again and again he had to iron out the positional errors of his neighbors, which could not work in the long run. With a long pass to Jordi Alba, Lenglet led the interim 1-1 through David Alaba's own goal, when the Barça world seemed to be okay. At 1: 3 by Serge Gnabry, Lenglet didn't say well at first glance because he appeared too late - but the world-class pass from Leon Goretzka in the making was not to be suspected.
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Gerard Piqué, defense: The statistical values of the 33-year-old look very good. Piqué won the majority of his duels, each of his passes came in the opposing half. However, if a team conceded eight goals, the defensive boss' assessment could not be good. At no point did Piqué manage to get the incredibly vulnerable defensive back into order. In Barcelona it will now be a matter of rebuilding, Piqué could be up for grabs.
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Jordi Alba, defense: The left-back was the Catalans' most conspicuous offensive player - that says it all. He prepared Alaba's own goal with a pass to Luis Suárez and was also the template provider in the interim 2: 4 by Suárez. Defensively, however, Alba was just as vulnerable as any other player on his team. Sometimes he was missing because he had moved up too far, or he had to move in because the gaps in the center were too big.
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Sergio Busquets, midfield (up to 70th minute): Barcelona went into this quarter-finals with the oldest starting XI in the history of the Champions League. Busquets is good after an extremely bad season - and even more so after this weak performance - as a symbol of the missed generation change in Barcelona's squad. The former Spiritus Rector in the development game of the Catalans has become slow and above all has lost his great strength: the overview. Lewandowski's chance to score in the 29th minute can serve as an example. In the past, Ter Stegen's pass in his own penalty area to Busquets would not have been a problem, but now he loses the ball in distress. The overall picture is not brightened up by his post header (10th).
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Ansu Fati, attack (from the 70th minute): The attacker should own the future at FC Barcelona. Fati is 17 years old and has already shown what he's made of in a few games. But to be a substitute in a quarter-finals of the Champions League when the score was 2: 5 is ungrateful. Fati went under with his colleagues in the final phase.
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Frenkie de Jong, midfield: If this defeat of the century is digested at some point (in Brazil this phase continues after the 1: 7 in the 2014 World Cup semi-finals), de Jong could be a profiteer. In Ajax times he was one of the best midfielders in the world, in Barcelona he is regularly used in the wrong position. So against Bayern, because Busquets once again played de Jong's ideal role. De Jong failed to bring structure into the game with his infamous dribbles and good passes. The midfield of Barcelona has to be overhauled, de Jong has to go to the center.
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Sergi Roberto, midfield (up to 46th minute): Before the game, the atmosphere at the big FC Barcelona was okay, also with Sergi Roberto (right). That there are no pictures of the midfielder from the game says it all. Roberto should strengthen the midfield, his nomination was the beginning of the end for the Blaugrana. And that's how the 28-year-old played. His loss of the ball initiated the 2-1 for Bayern through Ivan Perisic.
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Antoine Griezmann, attack (from the 46th minute): It will be interesting to see whether Griezmann will still be able to play at FC Barcelona in the coming season. The Frenchman has had a humble first year after joining from Atlético Madrid. In keeping with this, he only sat on the bench against Bayern - and then got a blocked shot on goal in 45 minutes. The 2: 8 will look like an earthquake in Barcelona, Griezmann currently does not have the lobby to be the face of a new beginning.
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Arturo Vidal, midfield: The Chilean is considered a good friend of Lionel Messi. It is unclear and unimportant whether that influenced his nomination for this quarter-finals. Vidal can still be important in the right system but this Barca team doesn't need a fighter like Vidal.
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Lionel Messi, attack: FC Barcelona is Lionel Messi, Lionel Messi is FC Barcelona. But that's no longer enough in this team. That was already shown by the season in the Spanish league - and this evening is likely to be the biggest defeat of Messi's club career. For much of the game, Messi looked like he was wearing the Argentina national team jersey: isolated, inhibited, without the right team-mates. Barcelona need a makeover, then Messi could still have one or two outstanding years in the tank. But he will have to crack at this debacle.
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Luis Suárez, attack: The Uruguayan would have been ready for Alaba's own goal and scored the second goal for Barcelona. That's a decent record for a striker who otherwise also became a victim of the system change. Against the ball, the vote was wrong and with their own possession, Barcelona rarely managed to include Suárez in the game. The veteran is also not the right addressee for long balls from defense, which Barca have played far too often.
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Quique Setien, coach: It's hard to imagine how the already controversial coach will survive this defeat. Setien's relationship with Messi should be improved, that alone is enough for an expulsion. If, as the coach of this team, you throw the tactics, actually even the DNA, overboard in a game like this, in order to focus more on the opponent, that is fatal. FC Barcelona cannot survive in this form against FC Bayern in a 4-4-2 with Messi who is then more tied and a lack of playing strength in midfield. Presumably Barcelona would have lost in the classic 4-3-3 as well, but denial of the classic Cruyff system is viewed as a crime at this proud club.
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