Without even having entered the field, the Barcelona are already eliminated And Champions League with a turn in advance. In this way, the Catalan club repeats a sad series after 24 years.
As in Inter win 4-0 over Viktoria Plzenno result matters more to Barca in the match against Bayern Monaco. This is because the Culés who will not overtake the Italian in the standings for having taken the worst in the direct clashes – first tie-break.
Xavi Hernández’s men are in third place in Group C. With this, the Spaniards are leaving the Champions League in the group stage for the second consecutive time – in the last Champions League they were also in 3rd place – which did not happen. in the club since 1998
In the 1997/98 edition, Barcelona finished last in the group, which they shared with Newcastle (3rd), PSV (2nd) and Dynamo Kiev (1st). In the following season, he finished 3rd, with Manchester United (2nd and then champion) and Bayern Munich (1st) qualifiers.
To try not to repeat last season’s failure, Barcelona have had strong reinforcements this year, such as Rahinha and Lewandowski. Despite this, the Catalans – who have had the misfortune to fall into the ‘group of death’, with Bayern, Inter and Viktoria Plzen – repeat their poor performance and will have to settle for the Europa League.
