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10 facts after Barcelona suffered 8-2 humiliation on historic UEFA Champions League night

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Football - Champions League - Quarter Final - FC Barcelona v Bayern Munich - Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal - August 14, 2020. Barcelona's Lionel Messi looks dejected after the match. [Photo: Reuters]

Spanish giants Barcelona were humiliated and demolished 8-2 by German side Bayern Munich in a one-sided UEFA Champions League clash on Friday night.

Thomas Muller scored a brace for brilliant Bayern in the quarter-finals, who led 4-1 after 31 astonishing minutes, as six-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi and his teammates were condemned to the thrashing behind closed doors in Portugal.

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