Barcelona Again Helpless In Front Of Bayern Munich, Beaten By 3 Goals Without Reply

JAKARTA - Bayern Munich again became Barcelona's nightmare when they beat the Catalan club 3-0 in the first match of Group E of the Champions League at Camp Nou, Wednesday morning.

Launching Antara, the visitors took a 1-0 lead in the first half through Thomas Mueller's goal, then added two goals in the second half which were all scored by Robert Lewandowski.

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Bayern got the first golden opportunity in the 19th minute through Leroy Sane's volley, but it was still saved by Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Barcelona threatened back in the 27th minute. Ronald Araujo heads the ball from a free kick which is still missing.

Bayern broke the deadlock in the 34th minute thanks to a shot outside the box by Thomas Mueller, which hit Barcelona defender Eric Garcia and sent the ball into the net. Score 1-0 to Bayern.

Bayern continued to lock up the Barcelona defense in order to score an additional goal in the remaining time of the first half. However, the 1-0 score lasted until halftime.

After the break, the visitors did not relax their attacks. Winger Leroy Sane threatened in the 53rd minute with his shot. Unfortunately Ter Stegen was still able to stem the experiment.

Die Roten doubled their lead three minutes later. Jamal Musiala's shot hit the post, before leading to Robert Lewandowski who immediately struck the ball into the Barcelona goal. 2-0 to Bayern.

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Lewandowski scored a brace in the 85th minute. The Poland forward was hit with the ball gag in the penalty area, before outwitting an opposing defender and kicking the ball into the net. Bayern winning 3-0.

The goal was to close the match between Barcelona vs Bayern. This victory brought Bayern to the top of Group E with three points. Meanwhile, Barcelona must be caretaker.

Lineup:

Barcelona (3-1-4-2): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Ronald Araujo, Gerard Pique, Eric Garcia (Oscar Mingueza 66'); Sergi Roberto (Yusuf Demir 59'), Frenkie de Jong, Sergio Busquets (Pablo Gavira 59'), Pedri, Jordi Alba (Alejandro Balde 73'); Luuk de Jong (Philippe Coutinho 66'), Memphis Depay.

Bayern Munich (4-2-3-1): Manuel Neuer; Alphonso Davies, Niklas Suele (Josip Stanisic 82'), Dayot Upamecano, Benjamin Pavard (Lucas Hernandez 66'); Leon Goretzka, Joshua Kimmich; Jamal Musiala (Serge Gnabry 70'), Thomas Mueller (Marcel Sabitzer 82'), Leroy Sane (Kingsley Coman 82'); Robert Lewandowski.