Barcelona brake in shock after the 8: 2 defeat to Bayern Munich • "The club will have to change a lot of things and rethink" • Muller who won a double: "Great statement of intent"

• Gerard Pique, last night in Lisbon

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The fact that Bayern Munich reached a favorite for the Champions League quarter-final match against Barcelona last night (Friday) did not prepare anyone for the final and historic result. Hanzi Flick's side humiliated Messi and his teammates 2: 8, in a game that looks like the end of an era at the Catalan club. 

Coach Kika Stein will not continue after such a fallen display, many players will be replaced and it is not known if Leo Messi will want to continue after such an evening. 

On the Bavarian side we did not calculate too much. Thomas Muller, who came back to life under Flick's baton, was named the Outstanding Player in a game with a pair. 

After the final whistle he said: "Thank you for the choice but the best in the game should have been given to 12 or 15 Bayern players. It is a big statement of intent, but it is clear to us that the semi-final starts with 0: 0". 

Barcelona stopper Gerard Pique will not want to remember a game in which he led a defense that snatched eight goals and that too in luck. "It's a sad result for us. It feels terrible, it's a shame. A team like Barcelona must not look like that. The club will have to change a lot of things and rethink. The problem is not with the coach or the players. We need new blood and new dynamics. We have reached the bottom of the bottom."