Bayern vs barcelona

Barcelona finished the Champions League group stage in painful fashion and will play in the Europa League for the rest of the season thanks to a 3-0 loss to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. Bayern never needed to get out of third gear to utterly dismantle a Barça team that tried to compete but never came close to bothering the German champions, and Xavi’s troops are out of Europe’s top competition. FIRST HALF Barça made a solid start to the game, taking it to Bayern with high pressing and plenty of intensity, but the Bavarians quickly began to find spaces in behind Barça’s high line and started to create danger. The Blaugrana had one real chance on the counter-attack with a shot by Ousmane Dembélé from just inside the box, but the Frenchman missed the target completely. After a solid 15 minutes Barça could no longer control the game and saw Bayern dominate possession and start to create some real opportunities. Thomas Müller was the most dangerous player in the first half and he was rewarded with the opening goal after an excellent cross by Robert Lewandowski, despite Ronald Araujo’s best efforts to clear Müller’s header off the line. 10 minutes later, Leroy Sané fired a rocket from outside the box that went straight at Marc-André ter Stegen, but the German keeper somehow let it go past him and into the net. At halftime, Bayern were up two goals and could have scored at least two more. With Benfica winning in Lisbon, Barça’s fate was already sealed before the second hal...

Well, I’ve never seen anything like that in my life. The Champions League quarterfinal match between Bayern Munich and Barcelona turned into an absolute rout on Friday, with Bayern Munich taking the Spanish giants to school with an 8-2 win. Eight to two! In a Champions League quarterfinal! And the other team playing Lionel Messi! It was an absolutely ridiculous scoreline, and a game that kept on delivering from minute one. Barcelona kept things tight early, but their defense could not handle the overwhelming speed and technique of Bayern, and it was 4-1 by halftime. A beautiful Luis Suarez goal made fans wonder if a comeback was possibly on at 4-2, but then Bayern just went and blew the doors off the whole thing. Let’s relive the match by watching all 10 goals from the game: Bayern 1 – 0 Barcelona: Thomas Muller 4′

Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Barcelona started the new Champions League season in depressing fashion, losing 3-0 to Bayern Munich at Camp Nou in the group stage opener. Barça seemed to accept their fate from the beginning and were thoroughly dominated by the visitors, who cruised through most of the game and showed their superior quality to win with ease. FIRST HALF Barça made a solid start to the game, attempting to match Bayern’s intensity and going toe-to-toe with the German champions. The Blaugrana pressed high up the pitch and gave the visitors very little room to breathe, and neither team manage to create danger in the first 15 minutes. Slowly but surely, however, Bayern got hold of the ball and started to dominate, forcing Barça to sit deeper and deeper inside their half and starting to find spaces inside the final third. Barça had to throw bodies all over the box to stop shots from going in, and both Gerard Piqué and Ronald Araujo needed to make last-ditch tackles to keep Bayern from taking the lead. But a Bayern goal felt inevitable, and it came with 10 minutes to go in the half when a shot from distance by Thomas Müller hit Eric García’s backside and g...

Outplayed in the first half, Bayern blew their Spanish opponents away after the break with goals from Lucas Hernandez and Leroy Sane. Hernandez headed in at the near post after 50 minutes, before Sane clipped home to seal the win shortly after. Lewandowski spurned a number of clear openings in an entertaining match. The victory puts Bayern Munich in control of Group C with six points from two games. Barcelona are level on three points with Inter Milan, who beat Viktoria Plzen 2-0 in the Czech Republic through goals from Edin Dzeko and Denzel Dumfries. Unhappy return for Lewandowski This absorbing encounter between two European heavyweights more used to meeting in Champions League knockout games rather than the group stage was Lewandowski's first return to Bayern since his move to Xavi's Barcelona last summer. Despite a protracted transfer saga after the 34-year-old openly stated his desire to leave the Bundesliga champions, the Munich fans seemed to bear little ill will, giving the Pole a good reception before the game. Lewandowski had scored nine goals in six games for his new club before Tuesday night, but he missed several good first-half chances at the Allianz Arena. The best came on 18 minutes, with a great ball with the outside of the boot from Gavi setting him up with a volley from eight yards which he put over the crossbar when he should have hit the target. He was also denied by Manuel Neuer with a far-post header, the veteran Bayern keeper responsible for his sid...

The Champions League returns to action this Wednesday on Who's Playing Bayern Munich @ Barcelona Paramount+ is the only place to watch every minute of every UCL match this season in addition to Serie A, NWSL, Europa League and more. Sign up now with code UEFA22 for one month free for new users and don't miss any of the action. A subscription not only gives you access to all the soccer you could want but also the NFL on CBS, and countless movies, shows and original content. What to Know Bayern Munchen and Barcelona will face off at 3 p.m. ET Wednesday, Oct. 26 at Spotify Camp Nou on Matchday 5 of the Champions League group stage. Bayern Munchen won 4-2 against Viktoria Plzen two weeks ago. Barcelona tied Inter Milan 3-3 in their previous leg to earn one point. Right now, Bayern Munchen (12 points) leads Group C, while Barcelona (four points) is in third place in the group. Recall that only the top two teams in the group will advance to the knockout phase. We'll see if Barcelona can prevent Bayern Munchen from accumulating any more points. Check back at CBSSports.com to keep track of this and all the UEFA Champions League events.

Sadio Mane, Eric Maxim Chuopo-Moting and Benjamin Pavard all scored as Bayern Munich swept aside Barcelona in a 3-0 win at the Camp Nou. The Catalans kicked off in the knowledge that they had already been eliminated from this season’s Champions League due to Inter’s 4-0 win over Viktoria Plzen in the early kick-off. Bayern piled the misery on Barcelona by opening the scoring after 10 minutes with Mane racing clear of the home team’s defence to clip a neat finish past Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Chuopo-Moting doubled the German champions’ lead just after the half-hour mark as Bayern once again found it too easy to get in behind Barca. Barcelona looked to have been given a lifeline in the final minute of the first half when Matthijs de Ligt was penalised for a foul on Robert Lewandowski inside the box, but VAR overturned the decision. VAR intervened again to disallow a third Bayern Munich goal from Serge Gnabry before the Bavarians put the finishing touches on the result in stoppage time as Pavard converted from a mishit Gnabry shot MORE: Barca exposed in the Champions League again Domestically, Barcelona have been a tight defensive unit with Xavi's team conceding just four goals in 11 La Liga games. It's been a different story in the Champions League, though, where Barca have conceded 10 times in just five matches. Opposition teams have found it far too easy to get in behind the Barcelona defence, as demonstrated by the first two Bayern Munich goals in this match. Xavi might hav...