DRAMA: The Barça puts in danger a series of two decades

It has complicated the pass of the FC Barcelona to the eighth of final of the Champions League. The Barcelona team needs to conquer the victory yes or yes in front of the Benfica to classify mathematically for the following round of the European contest. Now, the ones of Xavi Hernández add seven points, by the 15 that accumulates the Bayern Munich, whereas the lusos has five and the Dinamo of Kiev closes the group with an only point.

Under this stage, the victory antoja indispensable to access to the eighth of final. The Barcelona needs to conquer a triumph in the Allianz Sand in front of the Bayern Munich to be able to happen of round. Only a tie would suffice him if the Benfica did not win in front of the Dinamo, that no longer plays at all.

This series has prolonged during the last 20 editions in which it has participated the Barça in Champions. The last occasion in that the culés could not surpass the phase of groups of the mentioned contest was in the season 2000/01. The ones of Llorenç Serra Ferrer remained third with eight points, three less than the AC Milan and one less than the Leeds United.

It is important to stand out that the Barcelona group did not participate in the competition of the stars the season 2003/04, the first of Frank Rijkaard like technician of the first team of the Barcelona, since in the previous campaign finished in the sixth box of the classification in LaLiga.

Exultant participations

In total, in these last 19 editions (without explaining the valid), the FC Barcelona has heaved the 'orejona' in four occasions, arriving to the semifinals, in six; to the quarter-finals, in other six; and falling in the eighth, in three. The last varapalo suffered, the Barcelona picture had to sack in eighth in front of Paris Saint-Germain.