Champions League | Do-or-die for Barca
The Hindu
All four teams in Group G still in with a chance to advance
Barcelona’s first Champions League campaign without Lionel Messi in nearly two decades may come to an end in the group stage if it doesn’t find a way to beat Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
It would be the first time since the 2003-04 season that the Catalan club didn’t play in the knockout stage of the competition.
Barcelona is second to Bayern in Group E, and two points ahead of third-place Benfica.
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