Bayern Munich to the semi-finals of the Champions League after winning 8-2 against Barcelona in the quarter-finals at the Da Luz Stadium, Saturday (15/8).
In the first half, Bayern Munchen won 4-1 through two goals from Thomas Muller (4 ‘and 31’), Ivan Perisic (21 ‘), and Serge Gnabry (27’). Meanwhile, Barcelona minimized through David Alaba’s own goal in the seventh minute.
Munich again tried to surprise Barcelona at the start of the second half. However, Ivan Perisic’s shot in the 49th minute was caught by Ter Stegen.
Lewandowski scored against Barcelona in the 53rd minute after receiving Muller’s pass. But referee Damir Skomina annulled the goal because Goretzka was first offside.
Quique Setien’s team reduced the position to 2-4 thanks to Suarez’s left footed shot from inside the penalty box in the 57th minute.
Barcelona take advantage of the high defense line of Munich. After receiving a pass from midfield, Jordi Alba gave the ball to Suarez. After picking up Jerome Boateng, Suarez fired a left footed shot which led to a goal.
The loss of Barcelona’s defense was really used by Munich. In fact, 19-year-old defender Alphonso Davies was able to knock out Nelson Semedo and make the Barcelona defense mess up.
Davies’ action from the left made Joshua Kimmich bring Die Roten to maintain the lead by three digits to 5-2 in the 63rd minute.
Davies successfully tricks Nelson Semedo. He then combed the Barcelona defense before giving Kimmich a mature pass.
The experiment was carried out by Messi in the 77th minute. But La Pulga’s efforts still failed after the ball was caught by Neuer.
Lewandowski’s efforts to score goals in this match paid off. The Polish forward immersed Barcelona with a 6-2 lead after a header from Philippe Coutinho’s pass rattled Ter Stegen’s goal in the 82nd minute.
Philippe Coutinho who is a Barceloan loan player did not want to miss his name on the scoreboard. Coutinho put Munich ahead 7-2 in the 85th minute.
Coutinho shows Barcelona have squandered it this season. The former Liverpool player scored his second goal in the match while giving Munich an 8-2 lead in the 89th minute. Munich won 8-2 at the end of the match.
With that victory, as reported by the UEFA website, Hans-Dieter Flick’s team managed to score the biggest winning streak in Champions League history in the knock-out phase in a single match.
Reporting from Transfermarkt, this is also Barcelona’s second biggest defeat. The Blaugrana’s biggest record loss occurred when they were beaten by Sevilla in 1940.
Bayern Munich’s biggest victory was also said to mark the end of Barcelona’s dominance in the Champions League.
On the other hand, Die Roten is predicted to be one of the favorite teams to win the Champions League title this season.
