Worst result Barcelona’s 8-2 whipping at the hands of Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-last was not the most noticeably awful thrashing in the club’s history.
The Blaugrana was destroyed by the Germans in the last eight of Europe’s head rivalry – however where does it rank among their greatest annihilations?
Friday night’s match at Estadio da Luz was the first time in 74 years that the Blaugrana had surrendered eight objectives in a game – when they were beaten 8-0 by Sevilla in the Copa del Rey in 1946.
Be that as it may, the Bayern masterclass was shy of the greatest misfortune at any point endured by Barcelona, with the Catalans twice losing 11-1 in the 1940’s.
The most embarrassing of these thrashings came against El Clasico rivals Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey in 1943.
In the wake of winning the main leg of the semi-final 3-0, Barcelona totally self-destructed in the subsequent leg to lose 11-1.
Three years sooner, the Blaugrana were beaten by the equivalent scoreline in a La Liga match against Sevilla.
Staggeringly, Barcelona took an eighth moment lead in the match before all 11 of Sevilla’s objectives went in close vicinity to an hour period – from the 23rd to 83rd minutes.
Also, toward the finish of the period, Barcelona completed in fourth in the La Liga standings – one situation in front of fifth-set Sevilla.
In 1935, Barcelona were likewise beaten 8-2 by Real Madrid with Fernando Sanudo scoring four objectives – the most ever by a solitary part in an installation between the different sides.
It didn’t resemble Friday’s match against Bayern would have been a bloodbath, when Bayern protector David Alaba put the ball through his own net in the seventh moment – offsetting Thomas Muller’s strike 180 seconds sooner.
In any case, three more Bayern objectives – kindness of Ivan Perisic, Serge Gnabry and Muller – before half-time put the Bundesliga champions in an ordering positiion.
Luis Suarez gave Barcelona any desire for an exceptional rebound with his objective 13 minutes after the restart, however Joshua Kimmich found the net in the blink of an eye to smother the La Liga group’s odds.
Between the 82nd and 89th minutes, Bayern scored twice through Philippe Coutinho and once through Robert Lewandowski to place the outcry on a repulsive night in Barca’s history.
This season has been the primary that Barcelona has abandoned a solitary trophy since the 2007-08 battle.
