FlashBack: When Bayern Munich Beat Barcelona 8:2 In UEFA Champions League

Barcelona and Bayern Munich are prepared for a UEFA Champions League clash on Tuesday, as the continent’s elite league for the 2021-2022 season begins.

On Tuesday by 20:00 WAT, the Spanish side and the Bundesliga champion will face each other again at Camp Nou after the last duel back in the semifinals of 2020.

Both teams have faced each other 13 times with Bayern having the lion’s share as they have won 6 of their encounters.

Barca have won twice against the German team, while the rest are draws.

But the biggest humiliation for the Catalan giants was a 8-2 defeat of the team in the one-off knockout leg in 2020. The match was held at the Estadio da Luz.

After the defeat, Barca former player, Lionel Messi, was urged to leave the team.

Gerard Pique who broke down in tears said radical changes were needed from the top to the bottom of the club.

Pique said, “We feel devastated, although ‘shame’ is the real word I’m looking for.

“We cannot afford to compete like this because it’s not the first; the second or the third time that something like this has happened.

“This is very painful but I hope it serves some purpose.”

This time, the Barca team will face their greatest threat without Messi, Antione Griezemann and Luis Suarez.

New signings like Sergio Aguero and old squad members like Ousmane Dembélé are out due to injury.