Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Saturday, Bayern by beating Chelsea (4-1), and Barça by sweeping Naples (3-1). The Catalan club, qualified for the 13th consecutive year in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, will therefore face Bayern on August 14 in Lisbon.

The only two giants to meet: FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich will face each other in the quarter-finals of the Champions League following their qualifications, on Saturday, against Naples and Chelsea, in the round of 16 second leg. Barça and Bayern are, among the eight qualified for the "Final 8" which will take place from August 12 to 23 in Lisbon, the only two clubs to have already won the Champions League.

With five trophies each, it will be two of the biggest European clubs that will face each other on Friday for a place in the semi-finals. The other quarters (Atalanta-Paris SG, Leipzig-Atlético Madrid and Lyon-Manchester City) will all pit teams that have never won the Cup with big ears. UEFA has concotted an unprecedented formula of "final 8" in a unique place, Lisbon, without return matches, to close the European queen competition, interrupted in March by the coronavirus pandemic.

Bayern, too strong for Chelsea

Bayern Munich, in demonstration, again beat Chelsea on Saturday (4-1, first 3-0) and logically qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, in Lisbon, where the German club will face Barcelona, ​​qualified the same evening facing Naples.
Bayern home scorer Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring in the 9th minute from the penalty spot, then Perisic (24th) and Tolisso (76th) made matters worse and Lewandowski, again, closed the scoring (83rd) by scoring his 13th goal of the season in C1. The Blues saved the honor by Abraham in the 44th minute.

Author of a very clean match, Bayern was able to perfect its automatisms one last time before the "Final 8". The Bavarians, authors of the first hat-trick in their history in 2013, are three games away from rewriting history.

8⃣ @ ChampionsLeague-Spiele.

8⃣ Seat.

3⃣1⃣ Torus. # UCL # FCBayern # MiaSanMiapic.twitter.com / 9Z8ipfMich

- FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) August 8, 2020

At the rendezvous, FC Barcelona joins Bayern in quarterfinals

Again and again ! For the 13th consecutive year, Barça will be in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Hanging 1-1 on the first leg in Italy, the Catalan club beat Naples 3-1 on Saturday to ensure a new presence among the last eight survivors in C1.
Naples had started with good intentions, putting a lot of pressure on the Barcelona at the start of the match, but the Italians were taken aback by a goal from a corner of the French Clément Lenglet (10th), with a crossed header taking against -foot Daniel Ospina.

The goal of the break came, inevitably, from Lionel Messi (23rd), who dribbled three Neapolitan defenders, fell, almost lost the ball, got up and recovered it to go to lodge it in the small net of the Neapolitan guardian. The Argentinian continued his recital a few minutes later with perfect chest control in the box and then a shot deceiving Ospina, but his goal was denied for a hardly visible hand, after resorting to video assistance ( VAR).

FULL TIME! | # BarçaNapolipic.twitter.com / FJKPoJXVtU

- FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) August 8, 2020

And it is Messi, always, that came the third goal, since it is by sneaking in front of Kalidou Koulibaly in the area that he caused a foul of the Senegalese and obtained a penalty, that transformed from a strike in the top corner Luis Suarez (45th + 1). Naples reduced the gap a few minutes later by Lorenzo Insigne, still from the penalty spot (45th + 5). A goal that allowed the Italians to believe it in the second period, with two goals to be scored to qualify. The Barcelona could even have trembled in the last ten minutes if the goal scored by Milik had not logically been refused for offside. But Barça, even without being flamboyant, is again in quarters.