Thomas Müller and Robert Lewandowski have again become the horror of FC Barcelona, who without soccer magician Lionel Messi no longer fights with FC Bayern in the title contenders class in Europe. 13 months after his two goals in the furious 8: 2 spectacle at the final tournament in Lisbon, Müller initiated the clear 3: 0 (1: 0) of the German record champions at Camp Nou on Tuesday one day after his 32nd birthday (34th). After Müller's deflected shot from distance, against the national goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen in the Barça goal, striker Lewandowski dusted twice after shots from the post by youngster Jamal Musiala (56th) and Serge Gnabry (85th).
Müller celebrated his seventh goal in the sixth premier class game against the highly indebted FC Barcelona, who appeared surprisingly discouraged and uninspired in front of 40,000 spectators on the offensive without the football art of the world star Messi, who had moved on to Paris Saint-Germain after 21 years.
The great Barça is on the ground in Europe.
Bayern, on the other hand, immediately laid the foundation for advancing in Group E with Benfica Lisbon and Dynamo Kiev as further opponents in their first European outing under new coach Julian Nagelsmann with their 18th successive opening win in the premier class.
Nail man standing
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adapted to the evening still sweltering temperatures
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polo shirt in a simple and not in fine twist on the sidelines. He saw a cautious sampling phase in both teams at the beginning. The German champions had a promising opportunity in their white away jerseys after just under ten minutes, but Leroy Sané shot a first warning free kick into the wall.
"We are all well advised not to worry about the past now," said Bayern boss Oliver Kahn on Amazon Prime Video immediately before the game and warned that at Barça "some want to show that it is very, very, even without Messi goes well". The Catalans did not succeed in this. At first it was only spectacular how unspectacular the game started. Bayern controlled the action, Barcelona completely lacked the elements of surprise.
A year ago it was already 4: 1 after 31 minutes, this time it took a little longer before Müller struck. Sané failed on the well-parried Ter Stegen (19th), Musiala was blocked (27th). The 18-year-old had moved into the starting line-up for the ailing Serge Gnabry and tried a lot, as demanded by Nagelsmann (“Should show what he's made of and not feel great pressure”), but at least not yet finished his solo runs in the first half End. After 70 minutes Gnabry came on for Musiala.
Müller tried it one day after his 32nd birthday from afar, Eric Garcia falsified as unhappy as it was untenable for Ter Stegen with his back
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and Müller scored his 49th goal in the 125th Champions League game.
Overall, the host's performance was disappointing.
They had their best chance with a dormant ball.
After a free kick from Memphis Depay, who was still the most creative in the once proud and feared offensive, Ronald Araujo headed over the goal (28th).
Barcelona appeared surprisingly upright and colorless and later even had to put up with subtle whistles from their own fans at Camp Nou.
The class difference continued even after the change of sides. Ter Stegen saved against Sané with a strong foot defense (52nd), against Lewandowski's defeat after Musiala's post shot he had no chance. While Manuel Neuer was almost unemployed in Bayern's goal, his opponent in the German national team became the hosts' best player. Ter Stegen prevented a bigger defeat, but his front men could not find a way to the goal.