Messi’s Barcelona have been ridiculed by German champions Bayern Munich in a match that emotions are still flowing. The scoreline is one that would remain in the memories of Barca fans and players as the Blaugrana crash out of the UEFA Champions league. 8 goals passed Ter Stegen and the LaLiga giants put little effort to redeem themselves.
The final score Barca 2 – Bayern 8. The Bavarians will meet either Manchester City or Olympique Lyonnais, who play on Saturday, in the last four.
Bayern have beaten FC Barcelona with huge scorlines but in a single leg match, this has to top them all.
Thomas Mueller scored twice for a rampant Bayern, who led 4-1 after 31 astonishing minutes, as Lionel Messi and his team mates were condemned to a thrashing that felt like the end of an era for the illustrious Catalan club.
It began with Bayern grabbing a fourth minute lead when Mueller collected Ivan Perisic’s cross from the left and played a clever one-two with Robert Lewandowski before drilling home.
Barça had struck back – Clement Lenglet’s super long ball found Jordi Alba in space and David Alaba’s attempt to deal with his searching cross ended up flying past his own keeper Manuel Neuer.
Neuer then had to be quick off his line to foil a goal-bound Luis Suarez but was almost caught out by a cross-shot from Messi from the right which drifted through the area and struck the post.
But just as Barça seemed to have established themselves, the Germans regained their lead in the 21st minute — Serge Gnabry fed Perisic on the left and the Croatian glanced up to see his options before drilling past Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
Bayern then added the third as Barça’s defence was opened up again with ease. Thiago Alcantara was given plenty of space in midfield to find Leon Goretzka whose superb ball picked out Gnabry, who had got behind Lenglet and then made no mistake with the finish.
Flick’s side were running riot and it got worse for Barca when a low cross from Joshua Kimmich was turned in at the near post by Mueller — another goal of ruthless simplicity making it 4-1 at the break.
The Spaniards desperately needed to find a way to shift the momentum after the break and Suarez, one of the few Barça players to emerge with any credit from the encounter, provided a route back into the game with a fine strike, in the 57th minute.
Jordi Alba found Suarez on the edge of the box and the Uruguayan jinked passed Jerome Boateng before blasting home.
Alphonso Davies dribbled in from the flank, danced past Nelson Semedo to get to the byline and then pulled the ball back to fellow full back Kimmich to slot home and make it 5-2.
Substitute Philippe Coutinho, who is on loan at the German club from Barça, floated over a cross from the left which Lewandowski firmly headed home at the back post.
Coutinho scored two more before the end, as Barcelona fell apart in unimaginable fashion to the brilliance of the Bavarians.
Wtach FC Barcelona v Bayern Munich (2-8) goals and highlights below.
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