The game hadn’t even kicked off yet and Barcelona had already lost. Barcelona was eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League for the second consecutive season on Wednesday even before a 3-0 loss at home against Bayern Munich in a game that proved meaningless after Inter Milan defeated Viktoria Plzen 4-0 in the earlier game.
Barcelona needed Inter to drop points, so it began its match at Camp Nou already out of contention as Bayern and Inter secured the top two places in Group C. Barcelona will finish third and earn a Europa League berth. Bayern had already advanced and will be the group winner.
“It’s a shame because we had high expectations in this competition,” Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández said. “It was a complicated group, and everything went against us. This Champions League has been very cruel to us.”
Sadio Mané scored in the 10th minute, Eric
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