It is not only the Spanish media that are critical of Barcelona, the German newspapers also look with amazement at the weak performance of the Catalans against Bayern Munich. The German superpower was lord and master in the Camp Nou on Tuesday evening and won 0-3. “Tactically, this was a masterpiece. Barcelona was forced backwards in their own stadium,” said former Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge to BILD.
“Barça are no longer an opponent for Bayern”, headlines BILD in big letters. In particular, the role that Dayot Upamecano played is widely reported by the German boulevard newspaper. “He cleaned up everything,” it sounds. Benjamin Pavard is also praised: “He didn’t lose a single duel, he was very strong. It is significant that Manuel Neuer hardly had to get into action.”
“I don’t think Barcelona is a worse team without Messi,” Upamecano said after the game BeIN Sports. “They still have good players like Memphis and Pedri. We respect them and I think they respect us too. This was a good match.” Upamecano gets from BILD like Robert Lewandowski a 1, the highest point in the system with 5 being the lowest score. Luuk de Jong and Depay score a 5, Frenkie de Jong has to settle for a 4.
The Dutch in the service of Barcelona also receive serious unsatisfactory marks in the Spanish media. Depay is rated with a 3 by for his performance against Bayern Sport. “The first game in which the Dutchman failed. Dayot Upamecano gave him a bitter evening and left him a knee in his back.” Luuk de Jong gets the same point from the Spanish sports newspaper. “Very disappointing debut from the Dutchman. Not once did he manage to break through the defensive wall.” Frenkie de Jong does a little better with a 4. “It started well, but it faded as the minutes passed.”
Rummenigge saw that Barcelona got away well with a 0-3 defeat. “That club was always known for playing offensively and pressing. Today you saw Bayern do that. This resulted in an almost automatic loss of ball with the opponent,” said the former Bayern chairman. Like BILD goes the Frankfurter Allgemeine on the decline of Barcelona. “The new Barca has nothing to do with the old. Luuk de Jong used to play for Borussia Mönchengladbach, but can now show it in Camp Nou, because Antoine Griezmann also left. Bayern simply expressed the difference in quality in the score.”