Barcelona, which had hoped to beat Bayern Munich, had high expectations for Lewandowski’s performance, but the result was a 3-0 defeat.
In the end, Barcelona had to spend the season wearing a Europa League badge instead of a Champions badge.
Lewandowski was unable to play against his old team and Bayern Munich won an easy victory thanks to Gnabry’s strong performance.
Barcelona’s starting lineup and formation were 4-3-3, and Lewandowski was expected to play well.
- GK – Marc-Andre ter Stegen
- DF – Alejandro Balde, Marcos Alonso, Jules Kounde, Hector Bellerin
- MF – Frenkie de Jong, Sergio Busquets, Franck Kessie
- FW – Pedri, Robert Lewandowski, Ousmane Dembele
Bayern Munich’s starting lineup and formation were 4–2–3–1 in front-line formations.
- GK – Sven Ulreich
- DF – Matthijs de Ligt, Dayot Upamecano, Noussair Mazraoui, Alphonso Davies
- MF – Leon Goretzka, Joshua Kimmich
- MF – Sadio Mane, Jamal Musiala, Serge Gnabry
- FW – Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
In the 10th minute of the game, Gnabry’s forward pass and Mane, who received the ball, succeeded in scoring using a solo chance, and Gnabry’s pass and Choupo-Moting from the right side attempted to shoot but were off the net.
In the 26th minute, Dembele came up from the right and tried to pass, but Choupo-Moting, who was blocked by Mazraoui and received a pass from Gnabry from the right in the 31st minute, scored lightly and the score was 2-0.
In the 41st minute, Dembele beat Alphonso Davies to cross Balde in the 42nd minute, but no one gets it.
In the 44th minute, Dembele’s forward pass, Lewandowski tries to penetrate, but is pushed down by Matthijs de Ligt and the referee declares a penalty kick and a yellow card.
After reading the VAR, the referee determines that Lewandowski was first confronted by Matthijs de Ligt and invalidates the previous judgment.
At the end of the first half, Dembele’s solo chance in the 52nd minute, but it was canceled due to a ball touch, and Balde, Pedri’s pass, and Busquets try to shoot in the 52nd minute but cross the net.
Kimmich’s front cross, Gnabry, received the ball in the 55th minute and scored, but it was invalidated offside, and Lewandowski attempted to shoot in the 58th minute, but was blocked by defenders.
In the 70th minute, Fati tries to shoot from the left, but it goes off the net, and Bellerin’s cross and Raphinha touch the ball in the 74th minute, but it goes off the net.
Gnabry tries to shoot from the right in the 80th minute, but Marc-Andre ter Stegen catches the ball and Raphinha tries to shoot from the right in the 81st minute, but Sven Ulreich interferes.
Barcelona replaced Robert Lewandowski and Pablo Torre in the 82nd minute, and Marc-Andre ter Stegen ‘s pass miss and Frenkie de Jong took the ball with a tackle in the 83rd minute to avoid a crisis.
In the 94th minute, Ryan Gravenberch’s central pass, followed by Mane, tries to shoot, but Marc-Andre ter Stegen interrupts, and Gnabry’s volley shot in the 95th minute is crossed and Benjamin Pavard succeeds in scoring.
The match ended 3–0 and Barcelona qualified for the Europa League.
Barcelona is going to Europa again
Eventually, the situation that I was worried about happened. Barcelona’s chances of advancing to the round of 16 were lowered due to a 3-3 draw with Inter Milan in the fourth game, and their chances were little in that the opponent in the fifth game was Bayern Munich.
In the end, Barcelona suffered a 3-0 defeat in Game 5, and despite heavy spending and recruitment in the transfer market, they ended up with a poor performance in the Europa League against Europe.
With more words expected to come out if Barcelona fails to reach the finals in the Europa League, Ajax, Atletico Madrid, and Juventus are also expected to head to the Europa League, and the current Europa League competition with Arsenal and Manchester United is expected to heat up.
Roberto Lewandowski, who faces his old team, has shown himself helplessness in this match and they seemed to know perfectly how to stop their once-mate Lewandowski.
Only Dembele could see Barcelona’s hopes in the match, and Bayern Munich won the game with a clean play.
Record
In this match, Barcelona recorded only 0 valid shots out of 9 shots, and Bayern Munich recorded 8 valid shots out of 14.
With Barcelona dominating the game, the number of fouls was declared 27, with Barcelona receiving one yellow card and Bayern Munich receiving three yellow cards.
The POTM was named Matthijs de Ligt, with a best rating of 9.4 points for Serge Gnabry, who scored three assists.
Barcelona had a poor rating of five to six points, especially Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who scored as a substitute for Lewandowski.