Champions League: Barcelona host Bayern in group stage Day 1

Barcelona’s ability to compete without Messi will be put to the test when it hosts Bayern, which dealt it its most humiliating defeat in recent memory.

The first day of the UEFA Champions League group stage is about to start, with Barcelona vs Bayern Munich among eight fixtures between Europe\\\’s top football clubs on Tuesday. Barcelona’s ability to compete in Europe without Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann will be put to the test when it hosts the team that dealt the Spanish side its most humiliating defeat in recent memory. The 8-2 shellacking Bayern handed Barcelona in the 2020 Champions League quarterfinals marked the beginning of the end of the Messi era.