Friday’s marquee Champions League quarterfinal between Bayern Munich and Lionel Messi’s Barcelona was billed as a matchup between some of the greatest attacking players in the world. Instead, Barca’s defensive shortcomings were so badly exposed that their German counterparts ran roughshod for 90 minutes on the way to an 8-2 humiliation that sent Bayern to next week’s semifinal and put Messi’s future with Barca in doubt:
Bayern will meet the winner of Saturday’s match between Manchester City and French upstart Lyon next Wednesday in Lisbon, which was selected to host the tournament quarters through final following a unplanned five-month, coronavirus-induced interruption.