THE CULÉS WANT TO BREAK THE 'CURSES'

The Barça, to by the 'redemption' in the house of terror of Munich

Published:13/09/2022 - 00:14h

Updated:13/09/2022 - 19:27h

FC Barcelona visits Bayern Munich this Tuesday, at 9:00 p.m., for the second day of the Champions League group stage. The blaugrana want to vindicate themselves after a series of setbacks against the germans

"The past year happen it very bad and have to remember it, but Munich is not the house of the terror, but it is the Bayern", warned Xavi Hernández in press conference in the previous of the visit of the FC Barcelona to the group muniqués (21:00 hours, in Spain). It is not a house of terror, as it recognised the egarense, but the statistics him asemejan: they have not been able to win never in Munich in an official party.

The most recent precedents are very negative. The Barça carries three consecutive parties falling by goleada in front of the muniqueses, with a history of terror that began with the 2-8 in the bubble of Lisbon in 2020. In this opportunity, Thomas Müller opened the marker in the minute 4 and David Praises, in own door, put the tables.

The party for the Bavarians continued very fast, with goals ofI go Perisic, Serge Gnabry and Müller again before the end of the first part. Luis Suárez discounted for the culés, but to the Bayern were missing him more goals: Joshua Kimmich, Robert Lewandowski and Philippe Coutinho, by double game, sentenced in the most bitter night of the culés.

Of this night, remembered like the darkest for the barcelonismo, has remained recorded, but in the staff only remain six survivors: the guardametas Marc-André ter Stegen and Iñaki Crag, the defenders Gerard Hammered, Ronald Araújo, Jordi Alba and Sergi Roberto, the midfield players Sergio Busquets and Frenkie of Jong, and the leading Ousmane Dembélé and Ansu Fati. Six headlines of this night in Lisbon and that, right now, only three would have options to start of start in Munich.

In the season 2021-2022 went back to cross in phase of groups and lto history was the same for the culés: 0-3 and 3-0 in front of a Barça 'died'. Now, the Catalan group arrives in a very different situation and with the intention to compete him of you to you to the group trained by Julian Nagelsmann, that has not lived a plácido beginning of season, at least in the Bundesliga where great two consecutive ties (1-1 vs Union Berlin and 2-2 vs Stuttgart).

The culés have made a staff with several 'cracks' and is in a very different condition to which was in 2021 and 2022. Robert Lewandowski is the main novelty in the group trained by Xavi Hernández, after the Pole decided to abandon the Allianz Sand this summer to put course to the Spotify Camp Nou. Already it adds nine goals in six parties and has the intention to impose in front of his exequipo.

The Barça, without pressure

In press conference, Xavi Hernández expressed that, although it understands that there are a lot of expectations regarding the performance of the Barça, the day of morning only play three points and no the classification to the following phase of the Champions League, by what expects that they do not have novelties any one that was the result. Wait that notice the work that carry doing in the last ten months.

It aimed, in concrete, that "think that there are a lot of expectations put in us this season, the result of morning will not change at all, but yes that it is true that it is a challenge win here, a stadium where has not won never", stood out Xavi, adding that "we carry 10 months working together, have grown. Have the feeling and the challenge that we can win this party and that we can at last change the dynamics".