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Barcelona will face Bayern Munich to take place in the Semifinals of the UEFA Champions League. In the UEFA Champions League Barcelona has not good records against Bayern Munich when they faced each other in the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona lost 5 games to Bayern in the UCL and won only 2 games.
They met each other in the UEFA Champions league 5 years ago where Barcelona won the first league of Semifinals with 3-0 and lost another semifinals 3-2 but advanced into the Finals with an aggregate of 5-3 and that year Barcelona won their last UCL title after that they were unable to do it again.
Bayern Munich won their last UEFA Champions League title in 2013 when they beat Borrusia Dortmund.
Bayern is playing so great and Barcelona is not :
After a Long Time, These two teams will face each other in the UEFA Champions League. Bayern Munich already clinched Bundesliga and DFB Cup and now they will try to win UEFA Champions League to complete the Treble. Meanwhile, Barcelona lost La Liga to their arch Rival Real Madrid where they were favorite to win La Liga season after resuming a season but they played very bad and lost it. This season is not good for Barcelona and They will like to end their season by winning UCL title.
Bayern is in great form this season, Their unbeaten run extended to 27 games. RB Leipzig is the only team that was able to stop Bayern from scoring. Bayern scored 86 goals in these 27 games and giving away only 20 goals. Bayern won all their first 8 games in UEFA Champions League and they netted 31 goals in the competition.
Messi is not the one who used to be and Robert Lewandowski is superb for Bayern
Robert Lewandowski did a great job this season for Bayern Munich, He scored 53 goals in 44 games for Bayern Munich. In UEFA Champions League, Robert Lewandowski scored 13 goals, 3 goals more than second numbered Erling Haaland. In Bayern match u against Chelsea, Robert Lewandowski involved in all 7 goals where they won fixture by 7-1. Robert Lewandowski scored three goals in games against Chelsea.
Messi scored many goals this season for Barcelona in La Liga where they lost the title to Real Madrid. Messi scored only 3 goals in this year's UEFA Champions League which was lowest by him. Messi scored 31 goals this season and assisted as many as 27 times in all competitions. Lio Messi scored 25 goals in La Liga.
Sergio Busquets and Arturo Vidal will be back from suspension and their star defender Umtiti is injured so he will miss. Dembele is back in training with Barcelona.
Battle Between Goalkeeper: Neuer or Marc-Andre Ter Stegen
Neuer is already 34 years old and he is playing his best football at this age. In Bundesliga Neuer have most clean sheets with 15.
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen also have14 clean cheats out of 36 games which is a very good thing for Barcelona.
Bayern supporting cast doing a wonderful job this season where Thomas Muller made 21 assists this season only Lionel Messi is the one who is ahead of him in assist.
For Barcelona, There are many stars in their line up who can give a win to Barcelona on their given day but they are not in a great form this season which could trouble Barcelona.
The good news for Barcelona is that Messi played like his old self in a game against Napoli.
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