The Catalans will return to play the second European club competition seventeen seasons later.
The effect Xavi Hernandez, his new coach for a month, is not having the expected results. The FC Barcelona said goodbye this Wednesday to the Champions League, being eliminated in the group stage, after losing in the field of the Bayern Munich by 3-0.
The goals of Thomas Müller (34) and Leroy Sané (43) in the first half opened the exit door for Barcelona. After the restart, Jamal Musiala (62) scored the third.
Benfica, with their victory in Lisbon against Dinamo Kiev (2-0), also helped the Catalan side to eliminate the competition.
In this way, the Barça team, which is only seventh in the Spanish LaLiga, finished third in Group E of the Champions League, with seven points, behind Bayern (18) and Benfica (8), classified in the eighth.
Barcelona, as third of the key, must now seek a place in the round of 16 of the Europa League, against a second in the group stage of this second continental competition.
The Barça team leaves the competition in the group stage for the first time in 20 years, since the 2000-2001 season, a few days after their emblematic player in recent times, the Argentine Leo Messi, won his seventh Ballon d’Or, after having gone to Paris Saint Germain. (D)
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