FC Barcelona 2–8 FC Bayern Munich

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Barcelona v Bayern Munich (2020)
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The Estádio da Luz in Lisbon hosted the match.
Event
Barcelona Bayern Munich
Spain Germany
2 8
Date14 August 2020 (2020-08-14)
VenueEstádio da Luz, Lisbon
Man of the MatchThomas Müller (Bayern Munich)[1]
RefereeDamir Skomina (Slovenia)[2]
Attendance0[3][note 1]
WeatherClear night
24 °C (75 °F)
54% humidity[2]

The 2019–20 UEFA Champions League quarter-final match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich was played on 14 August 2020 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal. Bayern, who later went on to become champions, won the match 8–2, making it the first time Barcelona had conceded eight goals in a game since 1946, when they lost 8–0 to Sevilla in the 1946 Copa del Generalísimo.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.[4]

Background[]

Slovenian referee Damir Skomina officiated the match.

In the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage, Bayern defeated Barca in both matches, 1–0 at home[5] and 2–1 away[6] en route to Bayern topping Group D while Barcelona finished third and failed to reach the knockout stage.[7]

Bayern and Barca had met in four knockout ties since 2008–09 UEFA Champions League, which yielded 26 goals prior to this game. It is interesting that each time the eventual winner of the Bayern-Barca knockout tie would go on not only to win the UEFA Champions League, but also complete the continental treble, which also occurred in 2009, 2013 and 2015.[8]

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. Barca's 4–0 win at Camp Nou in the first leg, with all goals scored in the first half, led Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer to remark "What I saw in the first half is, without doubt, the worst football in Bayern's history". Barca manager Pep Guardiola was sent off in the first leg for protesting a yellow card given to Lionel Messi, and had to watch the second leg from the stands.[9][10][11] This defeat, as well as 0–1 home loss in a Bundesliga match against Schalke 04, eventually led to the sacking of Bayern manager Jürgen Klinsmann.[12]

The semi-finals of the 2012–13 competition saw Arjen Robben and Thomas Müller inspire Bayern to a 7–0 aggregate victory, to become the biggest win of the semi-finals on aggregate,[13] including a 3–0 win at the Camp Nou[14][15] which was Barcelona's last home defeat in European competition until a 3–0 loss on 8 December 2020 to Juventus.

The semi-finals of the 2014–15 competition saw Lionel Messi and Neymar as the key players in a 5–3 aggregate win over Bayern, a 3–0 win at the Camp Nou and then a 3–2 defeat at the Allianz Arena.[16][17] Bayern's manager at the time was Pep Guardiola, who had previously managed Barca from 2008 to 2012.

Road to the quarter-final meeting[]

Both teams qualified for the knockout phase as winners of their respective groups. Both teams had also changed their coaches during the season, Bayern replaced Niko Kovač with Hansi Flick in November 2019,[18] while Barcelona replaced Ernesto Valverde with Quique Setién in January 2020.[19] Barcelona had faced Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan and Slavia Prague; while Bayern, who faced Tottenham Hotspur, Olympiacos and Red Star Belgrade, won all six of their group matches, including an emphatic 7–2 win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium,[20] scoring 24 goals and conceding just five. Barcelona faced Napoli in the round of 16 and won 4–2 on aggregate; while Bayern Munich beat Chelsea 7–1 on aggregate, with the second leg matches of both teams played behind closed doors due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Match[]

Summary[]

Thomas Müller won the Man of the Match award.

The match was played on 14 August 2020 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, as part of a single-elimination tournament, following UEFA's decision to complete the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League and 2019–20 UEFA Europa League seasons, which had been halted since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at neutral venues.[21][22] In the opening 10 minutes, Thomas Müller fired Bayern Munich ahead following a one-two with Robert Lewandowski. Shortly after, David Alaba sliced a cross from Jordi Alba into his own net to level the scores, before Barcelona themselves missed two opportunities. Luis Suárez was denied by Manuel Neuer and Lionel Messi hit the post with a curling cross-shot. The following minutes took the match away from Barcelona, as Ivan Perišić smashed in a deflected shot in the 21st minute for Bayern, fed by a pass from Serge Gnabry, after a passing error from Sergi Roberto. Gnabry himself scored with a half volley straight shot from a chip through-ball by Leon Goretzka in the 27th minute, and Müller quickly added the fourth four minutes later from a cross by Joshua Kimmich.

In the 57th minute, a neat turn and finish from the centre of the box to the bottom-right corner by Suárez gave the Spanish side a glimmer of hope, but that proved premature, as Kimmich's side-footed finish in the 63rd minute, connecting with a delivery from Alphonso Davies – who had beaten his marker, Nélson Semedo, at the edge of the box – made the scoreline 5–2 to the Germans. Bayern scored three goals in the closing 10 minutes of the match as in-form striker Lewandowski, who had been quiet for most of the second half, headed his 14th goal of the campaign from a close-range cross by Philippe Coutinho in the 82nd minute. Then Coutinho, who was on loan to Bayern from Barcelona, made the scoreline 8–2 in the final moments of the match: first by taking advantage of a pass from Müller in the 85th minute with a right-footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom-left corner, followed by a left-footed shot from very close range to the bottom-left corner from a headed pass by substitute Lucas Hernandez in the 89th minute.[23][24][25]

Details[]

Barcelona Spain2–8Germany Bayern Munich
 Report
Attendance: 0[3][note 1]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Barcelona[2]
Bayern Munich[2]
GK 1 Germany Marc-André ter Stegen
RB 2 Portugal Nélson Semedo
CB 3 Spain Gerard Piqué
CB 15 France Clément Lenglet
LB 18 Spain Jordi Alba Yellow card 58'
CM 20 Spain Sergi Roberto Substituted off 46'
CM 5 Spain Sergio Busquets Substituted off 70'
CM 21 Netherlands Frenkie de Jong
AM 22 Chile Arturo Vidal Yellow card 90+2'
CF 10 Argentina Lionel Messi (c)
CF 9 Uruguay Luis Suárez Yellow card 54'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Brazil Neto
GK 26 Spain Iñaki Peña
DF 24 Spain Junior Firpo
DF 33 Uruguay Ronald Araújo
DF 44 Spain Óscar Mingueza
MF 4 Croatia Ivan Rakitić
MF 28 Spain Riqui Puig
MF 42 Spain Monchu
MF 46 Netherlands Ludovit Reis
FW 11 France Ousmane Dembélé
FW 17 France Antoine Griezmann Substituted in 46'
FW 31 Spain Ansu Fati Substituted in 70'
Manager:
Spain Quique Setién
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GK 1 Germany Manuel Neuer (c)
RB 32 Germany Joshua Kimmich Yellow card 85'
CB 17 Germany Jérôme Boateng Yellow card 43' Substituted off 76'
CB 27 Austria David Alaba
LB 19 Canada Alphonso Davies Yellow card 52' Substituted off 83'
CM 18 Germany Leon Goretzka Substituted off 83'
CM 6 Spain Thiago
RW 22 Germany Serge Gnabry Substituted off 76'
AM 25 Germany Thomas Müller
LW 14 Croatia Ivan Perišić Substituted off 67'
CF 9 Poland Robert Lewandowski
Substitutes:
GK 26 Germany Sven Ulreich
GK 39 Germany Ron-Thorben Hoffmann
DF 2 Spain Álvaro Odriozola
DF 4 Germany Niklas Süle Substituted in 76'
DF 21 France Lucas Hernandez Substituted in 83'
MF 8 Spain Javi Martínez
MF 10 Brazil Philippe Coutinho Substituted in 76'
MF 11 France Michaël Cuisance
MF 24 France Corentin Tolisso Substituted in 83'
MF 42 England Jamal Musiala
FW 29 France Kingsley Coman Substituted in 67'
FW 35 Netherlands Joshua Zirkzee
Manager:[note 2]
Germany Hansi Flick

Man of the Match:
Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)
Robert Vukan (Slovenia)
Fourth official:[2]
Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referee:[2]
Marco Guida (Italy)

Match rules[28]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 3]

Statistics[]

Aftermath[]

Barcelona suffered their heaviest loss in 69 years; this was the first time they had conceded more than five goals in a UEFA Champions League game, and their worst concession since the 8–0 defeat to Sevilla in the round of 16 of the 1946 Copa del Generalísimo.[25] Bayern Munich, on the other hand, continued their run of winning all UEFA Champions League matches they played in the season, and would go on to lift the title.[30] The eight goals Bayern scored was the most a side had scored in a European Cup knockout match since Real Madrid defeated FC Swarovski Tirol 9–1 in the last 16 tie in 1990.

Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski became the first player to score in eight or more consecutive UEFA Champions League matches since Cristiano Ronaldo in April 2018 (eleven games), while Bayern's coach Hansi Flick became only the third manager in Champions League history to win his first six matches in charge, after Fabio Capello in 1992–93 and Luis Fernández in 1994–95.[31][32] The match was also compared to the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-final match between Brazil and Germany as Thomas Müller opened the scoring in the 7–1 routing of Brazil, which Jérôme Boateng and Manuel Neuer also took part in. Flick had been the assistant coach of Germany in that match as well.[33]

Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué stated that the club needed structural changes on all levels,[34] while club president Josep Maria Bartomeu described it as a "disaster".[35] Three days after the game, Barcelona sacked manager Quique Setién.[36] He was followed the next day by the club's sporting director Eric Abidal.[37] Setién was replaced on 19 August by Ronald Koeman, who had played for the club from 1989 to 1995 and was their assistant manager under Louis van Gaal from 1998 to 2000.[38]

Partly owing to this heavy defeat, Barcelona captain Lionel Messi officially expressed his desire to leave the club,[39] in which he explained his decision owed to the club's failing to compete for the Champions League title after three previous debacles in the competition (0–3 against Juventus in 2016–17 quarter-finals, 0–3 against Roma in 2017–18 quarter-finals, and 0–4 against Liverpool in 2018–19 semi-finals), by saying: "I looked further afield and I want to compete at the highest level, win titles, compete in the Champions League. You can win or lose in it, because it is very difficult, but you have to compete. At least compete for it and let us not fall apart in Rome, Liverpool and Lisbon. All that led me to think about that decision that I wanted to carry out."[40] Although Messi ended up staying in the summer, the defeat proved to be the final involvement that Ivan Rakitić, Nélson Semedo, Luis Suárez or Arturo Vidal would have with the club, as all four players departed Barcelona during the following transfer window.[41]

Bayern Munich went on to win their sixth title in the competition, overtaking Barcelona's total, following a 3–0 win over Lyon in the semi-finals and a 1–0 victory against Paris Saint-Germain in the final. This win would also secure the club's second continental treble, becoming only the second European side – after Barcelona themselves – to achieve this feat on multiple occasions.[42]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b The remainder of the competition, held in August 2020, was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[26]
  2. ^ Bayern Munich sporting director Hasan Salihamidžić was shown a yellow card in the 61st minute.[27]
  3. ^ Each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

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