'It’s a massive job - there’ll be someone cleaning his desk right now (Setien) but I think it was a poison chalice before he got it. [75] Injuries also impacted on his selections, with French left-back Bixente Lizarazu and Brazilian forward Élber having suffered season-ending knee injuries. ', 29 - The average age of Barcelona's starting XI tonight is 29 years and 329 days, making it the oldest line-up they have ever named for a Champions League match. Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti tests positive for coronavirus, Barcelona are in unknown territory as UNDERDOGS for Bayern Munich tie. You will not see a worse defensive performance from a Barcelona team in a long time. 2… 34min: Some respite for Barca, shortly after Leon Goretzka drills just wide to miss out on making it 5-1. [29] The first group stage meeting between United and Bayern took place at the Olympiastadion on matchday 2 and finished in a 2–2 draw; Élber opened the scoring for Bayern before goals from Dwight Yorke and Paul Scholes gave United the lead, only for a Teddy Sheringham own goal – brought about by an error by Peter Schmeichel – to level the scores in the 89th minute. Luis Suarez pulled a goal back, only for Josh Kimmich to go straight up the other end and restore the three-goal advantage following wonderful work form young full-back Alphonso Davies. The goal was timed at 90+0:36'. It's really difficult to digest and this is inconceivable for us but then this is what football is all about. Barcelona couldn’t deal with it, they were relentless - the commitment from the players. Another chance for Basler prompted Alex Ferguson to bring on striker Teddy Sheringham. 'It’s embarrassing if I’m Semedo I’d come off Instagram for a little while. Barcelona and Bayern Munich clash in one of the highlight ties of the Champions League quarter-finals as the European giants go head-to-head for a place in the final four. It's come for Dwight Yorke. I’m glad I wasn’t playing when social media was around - I’d have had to delete Instagram, Twitter the lot. Philippe Coutinho has come on, played an assist and has now SCORED against his parent club he cannot get a kick for after firing home inside the box. We've hit rock bottom.'. Cheerio. [91] He would never win the competition as a player, having moved to play in the United States for the MetroStars a year before Bayern next won the European Cup in 2001. [106] It was such a significant achievement for an English football club that Prime Minister Tony Blair took the time to watch part of the match and congratulate Manchester United from the opening of the new National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff. 5.24pm EDT 17:24. Basler was proving to be Bayern's most dangerous player, first firing a 30-yard shot towards goal and then setting up a header for Markus Babbel, who missed the ball entirely. By then, the stadium's capacity had been increased to over 120,000,[citation needed] but in 1993 the stadium underwent a remodelling that reduced the capacity to around 115,000. With three victories in a row from 1974 to 1976,[12] they became only the third team to achieve such a feat after Real Madrid (1956 to 1960)[13] and Ajax (1971 to 1973). After playing in all four matches of the club's pre-season tour of Australia and China in July 1999, he suffered a succession of knee injuries that ruled him out of competitive action for the next two seasons. Kuffour broke down in tears after the game, beating the floor in despair, and Jancker had collapsed in anguish. [7] Bayern were also playing for a treble, having won the Bundesliga and reached the DFB-Pokal final, although they went on to lose that match. [47] Manchester United fell behind early in Turin, as Filippo Inzaghi scored twice in the first 11 minutes. 66min: Davies is now being treated for a head injury after a nasty clash with Semedo, as Bayern send on Kingsley Coman for Ivan Perisic. The two sides had played each other earlier in the competition, having both been drawn in Group D in the group stage; Bayern won the group, while Manchester United qualified for the knockout phase as one of the two best runners-up across all six groups. Now Bayern attack the flank and as a low ball finds Thomas Muller on the edge of the box, he plays a one-two with Robert Lewandowski before dispatching a cool finish beyong Marc-andre ter Stegen. The game changes. [43] Meanwhile, Bayern won convincingly at Kaiserslautern, as goals from Effenberg, Carsten Jancker, Mario Basler and an own goal from Uwe Rösler gave them a 4–0 win, 6–0 on aggregate. Barcelona … Getting. Speaking on BT Sport after the game, Ferdinand questioned whether the Argentine will be tempted to leave the Nou Camp with the club in disarray and without a major trophy. Know-how. [38][39][40], In the quarter-finals, Bayern Munich were drawn against Group F winners and fellow German side Kaiserslautern, while Manchester United were paired with Group C winners Inter Milan. Manuel Neuer though has decided this is the perfect time for a lie down. Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy), The game's ending was so unexpected that UEFA President Lennart Johansson had left his seat in the stands before Sheringham's equaliser to make his way down to the pitch to present the European Cup trophy, already decorated with Bayern ribbons. United put together an attack when, after a healthy period of possession, Giggs sent in a cross towards Jesper Blomqvist who could only knock the ball over the bar after a desperate stretch. It's just another chapter to the madness of 2020. Barca again dozing at the back to give the ball away, but Robert Lewandowski from point blank range is denied by Ter Stegen. 7min: What on earth is David Alaba doing here? Maybe he should take shooting tips from Muller, who showed how it was done earlier. Bayern 8, Barcelona 2. [55] Many were able to buy tickets from touts, who had paid up to £400 to buy from Barcelona fans who had bought through their club for the equivalent of £28. #UCL pic.twitter.com/3p2GYY7tKe, 4 - Barcelona have conceded four goals in the first half of a Champions League match for the first time. [62] The opening ceremony featured inflatable versions of some of Barcelona's most recognisable landmarks,[63] as well as flag-bearers waving flags of the crests of the participating teams. Manchester United beat Brøndby 6–2 in their first match at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen,[31] then 5–0 at Old Trafford two weeks later. [51] The Camp Nou had hosted one previous European Cup final: Italian club Milan's 4–0 victory over Steaua București of Romania in 1989. El FC Barcelona cae eliminado de la UEFA Champions League en cuartos de final tras perder 2-8 contra el FC Bayern. Right now - thank you for the MOTM trophy but I think we have 12 or 15 players more that deserve this trophy as well. 'I think they’re shot - their recruitment before has been shoddy,' he told BT Sport.They still rely on the players who were there before. [36] Qualification for the quarter-finals was only guaranteed for the group winners,[37] meaning that both United and Bayern had to play for victory in their final match against each other at Old Trafford. ', "Another big question, what is Messi thinking? @GaryLineker, @rioferdy5 and Owen Hargeaves look at a tricky situation for all involved #Club2020 pic.twitter.com/CdPTUGnZLv, 8 - Robert Lewandowski is the first player in Bayern Munich history to score in eight consecutive games in major European competition, overtaking Jürgen Klinsmann's seven-game run ending in 1996. Barcelona lost 3-2 to Bayern Munich in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final but a double from Neymar helped Barça to the final with a 5-3 aggregate win Whoops! "I can't believe it", he later said, "The winners are crying and the losers are dancing. The result meant that Bayern finished as group winners, but United's points total was enough to see them go through as one of the two group runners-up with the best record. So... who had their money on Bayern Munich winning 8-2? No he doesn't celebrate... 84min: Corentin Tolisso and Lucas Hernandez comes on for Bayern, replacing Goretzka and Davies. Claudio Puglisi (Italy) This will go down as one of their most humiliating nights ever in Europe. 10min: I'm not kidding we could already have had five goals in the first 10 minutes. [87], Assistant referees:[1] Thomas Muller says Bayern Munich's 8-2 victory against Barcelona was more "brutal" than Germany's 7-1 win against Brazil - plus you tell us whether you have seen a more incredible game. This. "It's hard to imagine, but is it time for Lionel Messi to leave Barca? Barcelona 2-4 Bayern Munich (Suarez 57) 3.47pm EDT 15:47 HALF TIME: Barcelona 1-4 Bayern Munich; Live feed Show. ""Has he got the time to sit and wait? #UCL pic.twitter.com/OradNtVk7a, 50 - Robert Lewandowski has scored his 50th Champions League goal for Bayern Munich in his 60th appearance for them in the competition - only Cristiano Ronaldo has reached this total in fewer games for a single side (50 apps for Real Madrid). Josh Kimmich plays in a near post cross and there to gobble up with ease is Thomas Muller. [1], As both Manchester United and Bayern Munich's primary kits featured significant amounts of red, UEFA regulations about kit clashes would normally have required both teams to wear their change kits. [99][100], Bayern president Franz Beckenbauer recognised that it was a loss of concentration in the last few minutes that led to his side's defeat: "That was the cruellest defeat possible because victory was so close. Back in 2015, Messi's trickery left the Bayern defender in knots, leaving him tumbling to ground in a slapstick fashion like his shoelaces were tied together. 18 - Barcelona and Bayern Munich have both reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the 18th time (in 24 and 23 appearances respectively), more than any other sides. Sergi Roberto gives the ball away and it allows Serge Gnabry to slip in Ivan Perisic on the overlap into the box. For Barcelona, an embarrassing night.'. 69min: Only a last ditch challenge prevents another cut-back for Coman resulting in a sixth Bayern goal. The winner of their quarter-final tomorrow is next to be fed to the Bayern lions in the semi-finals. Lionel Messi looks absolutely furious. Ter Stegen, Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba, Vidal, Sergi, Busquets, De Jong, Suarez, Messi. 76min: Just to rub it in for Barcelona, Bayern send on Nou Camp on-loan playmaker Philippe Coutinho for Serge Gnabry while Niklas Sule comes on for Jerome Boateng. Bayern Munich 3-2 Barcelona (3-5 agg): Neymar brace sends Luis Enrique's men into Champions League final The Catalan giants will be in Berlin on June 6 after the Brazilian ended any Bayern … ', "Thanks for man of the match, but 12 or 15 players deserved it! With the game seemingly drifting away from the English side, Ferguson introduced striker Ole Gunnar Solskjær with 10 minutes remaining. We have to be calm, relaxed also a little bit happy - today we have to be very happy. 4min: What a start to this game! Not even Barcelona's magic man could get them firing in attack. Six minutes into the match, Ronny Johnsen fouled Bayern striker Jancker just outside the area, and Basler placed a low free kick around the United wall to score the first goal, with Peter Schmeichel caught flat-footed. But this is a shambles like nothing I have ever seen from Barcelona at the back. [18], Manchester United became the first team to win the European Cup or Champions League without being the champions of Europe or champions of their country the preceding season. Moments later Barca just clear following a goalmouth scramble. 5:00. The Catalans bounced back from a disappointing end to the 2019/20 domestic season, which saw them relinquish the La Liga title to arch rivals Real Madrid, with a comfortable victory over Napoli. [16] Although Bayern had been waiting 23 years for a European Cup title, Manchester United had had to wait even longer, their only victory having come in 1968. We are not here to win the quarter-final or semi-finals, we are here to win the final. [66] Captain Roy Keane and midfielder Paul Scholes both missed out on the final due to suspension; manager Alex Ferguson had originally considered selecting Ryan Giggs to join Nicky Butt in central midfield, but ultimately picked David Beckham as a player who could help the team control possession in the middle of the pitch,[57] with Giggs on the right wing and Jesper Blomqvist starting on the left. Bayern Munich were having a shot every three minutes near enough... THREE! 'Barcelona were absolutely butchered, steam-rollered, absolutely bullied,' Ferdinand said on BT Sport. What is Messi thinking going home tonight? Much worse was to come for Barca though, as their playmaker Philippe Coutinho, on loan at Bayern, came on to assist a Robert Lewandowski effort before scoring twice himself in the final few minutes to complete a scarcely believable 8-2 scoreline. #UCL pic.twitter.com/8mZ8tFy3X2. The parade culminated with a reception at the Manchester Arena, for which 17,500 tickets were made available at £3 each, with proceeds going to Alex Ferguson's testimonial fund. Who goes there now? And here is his first half summed up in a heat map... 23 - Thomas Müller has now scored 23 goals in the Champions League knockout stages, the third-most of any player behind Cristiano Ronaldo (67) and Lionel Messi (47). pic.twitter.com/kFQiQClQSy. With no service from his midfield, the Argentine didn't stand a chance. #UCL. We work so hard, we work this intensity - it’s tough for people to beat us. Barcelona 2-5 Bayern Munich (Kimmich 63) 4.14pm EDT 16:14 GOAL! 89min: He's done it again! The defences have gone AWOL. Thought it could not get worse Barca fans. [19] Nevertheless, both went into the match as champions, having won their domestic leagues in 1998–99; Bayern Munich claimed the Bundesliga title with a 1–1 draw against Hertha BSC on 9 May with three games to go, while Manchester United left it until the last day of the season (16 May), when they came back from 1–0 down against Tottenham Hotspur to win 2–1 and beat Arsenal to the title by a point. [56], As well as reducing the capacity of the stadium, UEFA also mandated that the Camp Nou pitch be narrowed by 4 metres (13 ft) from 72 metres (236 ft) to 68 metres (223 ft), to match UEFA's 'standard' pitch size. 'Played off the park as well. #FCBFCB #UCL #DerTraumLebt pic.twitter.com/zXvaJ1PZin. And that includes Robert Lewandowski who has already bagged 13 goals in the Champions League this term. [25] In the second leg, played at Partizan's ground in Belgrade, an 88th-minute goal from Lothar Matthäus rescued a 1–1 draw to give Bayern a 5–1 win on aggregate. It had also hosted two Cup Winners' Cup finals, in 1972 and 1982; the latter was won on home turf by Barcelona. The Champions League semi-finals will be devoid of the presence of both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for the first time since 2005. Incredibly, though, this is the first time the Catalan outfit have reached the Champions League final without Pep Guardiola as the manager, since 2005/06. Barcelona – Bayern Munich was a UEFA Champions League classic as Bayern ran riot in Lisbon to book their spot in the semifinals as they won 8-2. #UCL pic.twitter.com/69rfFJaZwt. Bayern Munich's last match was in European Champions League against FC Barcelona on Friday 14th August at Camp Nou. United took the lead just before half-time through a Roy Keane strike from just outside the penalty area; however, Hasan Salihamidžić equalised for Bayern in the 55th minute and the game finished in a 1–1 draw. It was very special. It's not really got much better since. [115] The climax of the game was voted as the fourth-greatest sporting moment ever by Channel 4 viewers in a 2002 poll. From next week they'll be worked through. [111], Manchester United planned an open-top bus tour of the city of Manchester the day after the game, at which they would parade their three trophies for an expected 700,000 people lining the streets between Sale and the city centre. Another brilliant Bayern goal Serge Gnabry hammers home his 21st of the season but LOOK at that assist from Leon Goretzka Wow!#Club2020 pic.twitter.com/YbaDeXv5M5. Assisted by Bastian Schweinsteiger. They can't track the Bayern attackers and can't even keep the ball. 'Muller deserves Man of the Match award, he was the one who controlled our pressing, but ultimately I have to pay compliments to my whole team for keeping up that intensity for 90 minutes,' Hans-Dieter Flick told Sky Germany. The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was an association football match between Manchester United of England and Bayern Munich of Germany, played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, on 26 May 1999, to determine the winner of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League. Cole once again found himself with a chance in the Bayern box, but keeper Oliver Kahn hurried out of his goal to punch the ball to safety. Giants. The Canadian full back picked up the ball just past the halfway line, beat a couple of markers and then found himself in a one-on-one position against Barca full back Nelson Semedo. Two Dwight Yorke goals gave United a 2–0 win in their first leg at Old Trafford,[41] while Bayern beat Kaiserslautern by the same scoreline at the Olympiastadion through goals from Élber and Effenberg. Structurally we need changes. Thank you for following this evening, it's been bonkers but this is why we love the game. Tyldesley on ITV's broadcast of Solskjær's injury time winner[82], Less than 30 seconds after the subsequent kick-off, United forced another corner, but Schmeichel stayed in his penalty area this time, under instruction from Ferguson. Of. The Bayern defence remained strong and well-organised, as Andy Cole found out when his close-range effort was quickly closed down by three defenders. [65] They stayed in the Meliá Gran hotel in the town of Sitges, about 20 mi (32 km) down the coast from Barcelona. 19min: And as Bayern continue to pressure, here is how Barca equalised in comical fashion in Lisbon. [119], On 26 May 2019, Manchester United hosted a reunion match against a Bayern Munich Legends team to mark the 20th anniversary of winning the Treble and to raise money for the Manchester United Foundation. [42] In the second leg, Nicola Ventola pulled a goal back for Inter, but Paul Scholes secured United's passage to the semi-finals with a late away goal. [98] For Bayern Munich, substitutes Thomas Helmer and Ali Daei left the club in the summer of 1999, with Helmer moving to England to play for Sunderland and Daei remaining in Germany with Hertha BSC. We've already had two dramatic Champions League quarter-finals this week with PSG and RB Leipzig leaving it late to extend their stays in Lisbon. Bayern Munich smashed a hapless Barcelona to smithereens with an 8-2 victory that will haunt the Catalans for years to come. Even now temperatures are around 24 degrees Celsius and the Estadio da Luz, where this quarter-final will be played, is looking magnificent under the summer sun. I will be amazed if manager Quique Setien manages to navigate these stormy waters coming his way in the next 24 hours. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Out. 51min: Deary me. Thiago Alcantara picks up a ball from Josh Kimmich before firing just off target. [54] Despite the club receiving only 30,000 tickets, it was estimated that up to 100,000 Manchester United fans travelled to Barcelona for the final, paying around £300 for flights and around £1,000 for match tickets. Disastrous own-goal, yes, but what a finish... A rare mistake from David Alaba left Manuel Neuer helpless.#Club2020 pic.twitter.com/ZWkuO5e9hp. It is a big statement but I think the next semi-final starts with 0-0 - statement doesn’t matter. Also on the bench were fellow striker Ole Gunnar Solskjær, back-up goalkeeper Raimond van der Gouw, defenders David May, Phil Neville and Wes Brown, and midfielder Jonathan Greening. Henry fires home twice as Barcelona move into last eight Barcelona proved far too strong for French champions Lyon as they won 5-2 at the Camp Nou … Beckham again swung the corner in, finding the head of Sheringham, who nodded the ball down across the face of goal. [60], Prior to kick-off, opera singer Montserrat Caballé – moving around the field on the back of a golf cart[61] – performed a live version of "Barcelona", a song she recorded with the late Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1987, accompanied by a recording of Mercury on the stadium's electronic screen.