The global network “Opta” specialized in football statistics and numbers revealed a historical negative number that occurs for the first time for the Spanish club Barcelona, after the heavy defeat that the Catalan team suffered for Bayern Munich 0-3 in the match that was held on Tuesday evening at the “Camp Nou” stadium. Group E in the UEFA Champions League for the current season 2021/2022.
The network said: “Barcelona lost three consecutive matches at home in European competitions for the first time in its history 0-3 against Juventus, 1-4 against Paris Saint-Germain and 0-3 against Bayern Munich.”
The network indicated that Barcelona lost the three matches with a score of 10/1 in one of the most confrontations in which the team received goals at home and among its fans.
Thomas Muller scored the goal for Bayern Munich in the 34th minute of the match.
The Polish star Robert Lewandowski added the second goal of the Bavarian giants in the 56th minute of the match, then the Bayern striker concluded the Bayern Munich hat-trick in the 85th minute of the match.
Bayern Munich faced Barcelona with the following formation: Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer / Defense line: Obamecano, Zule, Pavard, Kimmich / Midfield: Goretzka, Davies, Thomas Muller / Forward line: Lewandowski, Jamal Musila, Leroy Sane.
As for the formation of Barcelona against Bayern Munich, as follows: Goalkeepers: Ter Stegen / Defense line: Orajo, Pique, Garcia / Midfield: Busquets, De Jong, Serge Roberto, Jordi Alba / Forward line: Memphis Depay, Luke de Jong, Pedri .
With this result, Bayern Munich leads the table of Group E standings after winning the first 3 points in its new season of the Champions League, while Barcelona is at the bottom of the standings without any balance of points, while Benfica and Dynamo Kiev ranked second and third with one point each after they tied negative at the same time.
This is the first match for the Catalan team in the Champions League without Argentine star Lionel Messi, who left during the last summer transfers to Paris Saint-Germain.
The two teams had faced each other in the Champions League 11 times before Tuesday’s clash. Barcelona won only two matches, while Bayern Munich won 7 matches, and two matches between them ended in a draw.
