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Tops / Flops Bayern-Barcelona: ruthless Muller, harmless Barça

2021-12-08T23:17:27.741Z


In a completely unbalanced game, Barca lost 3-0 to Bayern Munich and were eliminated from the Champions League. 3rd in their group, Barcelona join the Europa League.


Tops

Muller, tireless and ruthless


At 32, Thomas Muller is one of those players that all coaches dream of having on their team.

Real poison for a Barcelona defense on the streets, Muller showed more envy than most Barcelona players, with Bayern already guaranteed to finish first before the start of this game.

Abandoned by Mingueza at the far post, he is at the reception of the center of Lewandowski on the first goal of Bayern in the 34th.

At the end of the match, when Bayern won 3-0 and Barça no longer showed any sign of danger, Muller continued to make efforts until the end, as usual.

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Davies, untenable


He only played 70 minutes, but what a match from Davies!

Impressive with his explosiveness and his desire, the Canadian left-back took advantage of Araujo's unusual positioning on the right flank to undermine the Barcelona defense.

He was a decisive passer on Musiala's goal in the 62nd on yet another overflow, and did not really suffer defensively.

He embodies all on his own what was lacking in the ranks of Barça.

Flops

Barcelona's attack, nothingness


Faced with a compact Bavarian defense but above all because of its lack of creativity, Barça's attack failed to worry Manuel Neuer once over 90 minutes. Xavi's players only scored two poor shots out of five attempted. Led 2-0 at half-time, Dembélé, Depay and Nico (who replaced Dest at half-time) had to go and score 3 goals in 45 minutes to get their ticket for the 1/8 final. Mission impossible for a club which has scored only 2 goals in 5 Champions League games this season. Without Ansu Fati, the main asset of the Barcelona attack, the Barcelona attackers delivered a pale copy, like the rest of the team tonight.

A Mingueza in the street


His coming into play in the 39th minute of play, to replace the injured Jordi Alba, was more a poison than a reinforcement for Barça.

He who has never really reassured since the start of the season has once again proved that he did not have the shoulders to take on the role entrusted to him at Barça.

On the lawn of the Allianz Arena, the 22-year-old Spaniard experienced a real nightmare against Coman, who caught him cold throughout the meeting.

He does not even jump in his duel against Muller at the origin of the first Bavarian goal.

Unable to provide offensive support, Mingueza was, like his club, not up to the task tonight.

Source: lefigaro

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