2014-15 UEFA Champions League Semi-final First Leg FC Barcelona Vs Bayern Munich Wednesday May 06,2015

 

Bayern are without long-term absentees Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery, David Alaba and Holger Badstuber.

Barca only have one absentee - injured centre-back Jeremy Mathieu

The match will also be special for Barcelona playmaker Lionel Messi, who will make his 100th European appearance for the club.

Barcelona - Luis Enrique Martinez Garcia (ESP) -- 44 yrs
Bayern Munich - Pep Guardiola (ESP) - 44 yrs
Leading scorers in all competitions:
Barcelona - Lionel Messi (51 goals)
Bayern Munich - Robert Lewandowski (23 goals)


Previous European Cup/Champions League meetings:
Bayern Munich 1 Barcelona 0 - 1998/99 Champions League group stage
Barcelona 1 Bayern Munich 2 - 1998/99 Champions League group stage
Barcelona 4 Bayern Munich 0 - 2008/09 Champions League quarter-final, first-leg
Bayern Munich 1 Barcelona 1 - 2008/09 Champions League quarter-final, second-leg
Bayern Munich 4 Barcelona 0 - 2011/12 Champions League semi-final, first-leg
Barcelona 0 Bayern Munich 3 - 2011/12 Champions League semi-final, second-leg


Domestic league performance:
Barcelona - Top of La Liga, two points ahead of Real Madrid and an insurmountable 11 clear of defending champions Atletico Madrid in third.
Bayern Munich - Champions of Germany for a third consecutive year, they lead Wolfsburg by 14 points with three games remaining.

Road to semi-finals
Barcelona - Winners of Group F ahead of PSG. Beat Manchester City 3-1 on aggregate in the last 16 and eased past PSG once more 5-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals.
Bayern Munich - Winners of Group E ahead of Manchester City. Beat Shakhtar Donetsk 7-0 in Munich in the last 16, second leg clash after a goalless draw in Ukraine and needed an even more remarkable performance at home in the quarter-finals by thrashing Porto 6-1 having lost 3-1 in Portugal a week previously.

European Cup/Champions League best performances:
Barcelona - winners 1992, 2006, 2009, 2011
Bayern Munich - winners 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013

Barca beat Bayern Munich 3-0

Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona struck three times in the final 13 minutes

Bayern Munich failed to get a shot on target for the first time in a Champions League game since losing 2-1 to Bordeaux in October 2009

Squads

FC Barcelona

• 01 ter Stegen
• 22 Dani Alves Booked
• 03 Piqué Booked
• 14 Mascherano (Bartra - 89' )
• 18 Alba
• 04 Rakitic (Xavi - 82' )
• 05 Busquets
• 08 Iniesta (Alcántara do Nascimento - 87' )
• 10 Messi
• 09 Suárez
• 11 Neymar Booked

 Bayern Munich

• 01 Neuer
• 05 Benatia Booked
• 17 Boateng
• 13 Rafinha
• 06 Thiago Alcántara
• 21 Lahm
• 03 Alonso Booked
• 18 Bernat Booked
• 25 Müller (Götze - 79' )
• 31 Schweinsteiger
• 09 Lewandowski

Goal Scorers -Lionel Messi(77 and 80th minute and Neymar 90th minute