Barcelona eliminated from UCL group stage for first time in 20 years

The newly appointed manager Xavi has faced another setback in Barcelona. Soon after the first defeat of his tenure with Barcelona as Manager, his team got knocked out of one of the most prized tournaments of entire Europe.

On Wednesday night, Barcelona played Bayern Munich in a virtual qualifier for the Catalonian side. With Benfica playing Kyiv in the other match, Barcelona was required to win the game to qualify for the Round of 16. The German side, however, had no issue in breaking the resistance of Barcelona.

The game started with a positive approach from Barcelona. They looked even threatening on the counter, but one goal was all it took for Bayern to come back into the game. And that goal was provided by Thomas Muller in the 34^th minute of the game. After that, it was a landslide victory for Bayern, who scored two more goals in 43^rd minute Sane and 62^nd minute by Musiala to send Barcelona packing into the UEFA Europa Lague.

6/6 ✅

A perfect end to our group stage campaign! 💯

♦️ #FCBFCB 3-0 ♦️ pic.twitter.com/fmvdO0vBSB

— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN) December 8, 2021

Barcelona looks to be in deep waters in this season. They had their worst start to their Champions League and are not very comfortable in the Spanish League either. Now, they are knocked out of the Champions League in the group stage, which last happened in the 2000/1 season. The fortress that Barcelona was holding for 21 years has crumbled; it will be interesting to see how they approach the UEL and La Liga.