Barcelona took on Bayern Munich in a must-win Champions League group game on Wednesday night. However, the Catalans lost 3-0 loss to a ruthless Bayern Munich side. It resulted in Barcelona's exit from the Champions League group stages.
Group E winners Bayern Munich handed Barcelona a heavy defeat on the night. In the other group game. Benfica beat Dynamo Kyiv to qualify ahead of Barcelona for the knockouts. Barcelona's third-place finish means they will now participate in the Europa League knockouts next year.
This is the first time the Catalan giants have failed to get past the group stages of the Champions League since 2000/01. Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez was understandably angry with the team.
In a frustrating post-match interview, he blasted the team's performance while calling their Europa League spot their 'new reality’. Bayern Munich’s Thomas Muller scored against Barcelona once again and shared his thoughts about the Catalan giants after the game.
Muller told DAZN after Wednesday’s game:
"I think Barça can't cope with the intensity. Technically, they have it all, they are great players tactically and technically. But they can't cope with the intensity in top football."
Barcelona had a very poor Champions League campaign this year. They scored just twice in their six games, while conceding nine goals in total. Barcelona also failed to score against both Bayern Munich and Benfica, making their current standing in the tournament more than deserved.
Barcelona will try to win the Europa League this season
Bayern Munich have been Barcelona’s kryptonite in this tournament for quite some time now. Barcelona's humiliating 8-2 loss against Bayern Munich last year in the Champions League quarterfinals was a horror night for the Catalan club. Bayern have dominated the Spanish club this season as well and scored six goals in their two group stage games against Barcelona.
Thomas Muller, who has scored eight times in seven games against Barcelona, opened the scoring again on Wednesday.
Barcelona had a poor showing against Bayern Munich in the first leg of their group stage encounters as well. They failed to register a single shot on target during the 3-0 defeat against the Bavarian giants. Bayern added another three goals last night to reflect that not much has changed under Xavi yet.
Barcelona’s defeat sent them crashing out of the Champions League and they will now try their hand at the Europa League competition instead. Barcelona will hope to improve upon their performances and try to win the Europa League this season. Given Barcelona’s quality, they can win this tournament if they can better their current performances.
omar_sharif
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Barca is completely down thanks to Bartomeu and the horrible and clueless board and it's the sad reality. However, it's clear that Barca is the most hated football club and every Man U, Real Madrid and Bayern fans will mock us for years now. It's fine, it's the reality, we've messed up big time thanks to our horrible management and Bartomeu in particular. There's nothing to hide behind here. One thing is for sure though. All of this hate is just testament to how much of a giant and bully Barca once was. There's no doubt we once had the most complete team in history with a devastating unique style that conquered Spain, Europe and the world. Man U hates us especially because of how we kicked them out of two CL finals like kids. Even this great Bayern was once singlehandedly murdered by Messi, u can ask Boateng. Messi shattered all English clubs on his way too back to back. And we won laliga for fun at some point taking 4 titles in 5 yrs not mentioning the El classicos and pichichis. Man U, Juve,And Madrid also hate us because Leo has proven himself better than CR7 in all respects, even if you leave the 7 balon dors aside he has the most golden boots on history too. all this is not to rely on the past but just to say that Barca's enemies should rejoice for as long as they can, that's the least they can do to the suffering giant that once silenced all of Europe. What most of u don't realise is that all these trolls just go to underline Messi's greatness for keeping this bunch of depleted players in the league just a few months ago, taking them to CL semis and even winning Copa Del Rey with them. We supported Barca when it dominated world football, we won't leave it in it's time of struggle. But mark my words all the haters 'we will soon rise'. Forca Barca Mes Que In Club💪🙌
Theo2
76
Arsenal to Barca be like :
Boywonder-10
62
Beating Barca won't give lewandowski the ballon dO'r
madrid_dna
50
when muller said Barca couldn't cope with the intensity this what he mean 😂😂😂😂😂
Aman1997
34
Barca fans after hearing this 😭😭😭
lmdg
21
All Barca fans should stop giving excuses. This is good for you at this moment to feel what other teams have been feeling especially when you defeat them. Your words are always horrible when you defeat a team. You always think you are on top and nothing can ever bring you down. This is ever a warning to believe that 'what goes around comes around'. Enjoy your relegation into Europa. But you don't have to rejoice there too much because it would be disastrous the more as teams there would also humiliate you. Remember Liverpool how it happened to them too for years. And so are you now. ENJOY YOUR BAD SEASON WITH KIND WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH NOW AND AFTER BARCA COMES BACK TO LIMELIGHT. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE AND GIVE NO EXCUSE AGAIN
dahimsuyz
9
Barca is completely down thanks to Bartomeu and the horrible and clueless board and it's the sad reality. However, it's clear that Barca is the most hated football club and every Man U, Real Madrid and Bayern fans will mock us for years now. It's fine, it's the reality, we've messed up big time thanks to our horrible management and Bartomeu in particular. There's nothing to hide behind here. One thing is for sure though. All of this hate is just testament to how much of a giant and bully Barca once was. There's no doubt we once had the most complete team in history with a devastating unique style that conquered Spain, Europe and the world. Man U hates us especially because of how we kicked them out of two CL finals like kids. Even this great Bayern was once singlehandedly murdered by Messi, u can ask Boateng. Messi shattered all English clubs on his way too back to back. And we won laliga for fun at some point taking 4 titles in 5 yrs not mentioning the El classicos and pichichis. Man U, Juve,And Madrid also hate us because Leo has proven himself better than CR7 in all respects, even if you leave the 7 balon dors aside he has the most golden boots on history too. all this is not to rely on the past but just to say that Barca's enemies should rejoice for as long as they can, that's the least they can do to the suffering giant that once silenced all of Europe. What most of u don't realise is that all these trolls just go to underline Messi's greatness for keeping this bunch of depleted players in the league just a few months ago, taking them to CL semis and even winning Copa Del Rey with them. We supported Barca when it dominated world football, we won't leave it in it's time of struggle. But mark my words all the haters 'we will soon rise'. Forca Barca Mes Que In Club💪🙌
All these text just to say rubbish