Barcelona is worried that Bayern Munich may allow Inter win their Champions League match and disqualify the Spaniards as payback for Robert Lewandowski’s painful exit.
The winner of the upcoming Champions League match between Barça and Inter will certainly advance to the knockout rounds since Bayern leads Group C after winning all three of their games thus far.
After losing in the rematch in Milan, the Catalans are third in the group with just three points. According to a report in SPORT, Barca is desperate for maximum points in every one of their remaining games even though they only “need” two victories.
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The penultimate matchday of the group stage sees Inter go to Munich, and it is thought that if Bayern have already advanced by then, the Germans may end up “giving way” to their opponents.
Barcelona is therefore focused on defeating Inter and Bayern at home as well as traveling to Viktoria Plzen in order to “not think of the worst.”
Manager Xavi is without a number of important players, including the defenders Ronald Araujo, Jules Kounde, and Andreas Christensen. As a result, the team is aware that dropping any more points could give Bayern the chance to prevent Barca from moving on to the next round.
Bayern and Barcelona are reportedly still working through the fallout from Lewandowski’s forced departure to Spain in the summer by refusing to practice with the Bundesliga team once more.
The Polish forward spent eight years with Bayern but demanded the team sell him to Barca in front of the public, prompting Bayern to eventually agree to a €50 million agreement with the La Liga giants.
Lewandowski was unable to make an impact as his former team defeated Bayern 2-0 in the first matchup between them and Barca.
Lewandowski has had a successful start to his career in Spain overall, scoring nine goals in eight games to move Barcelona into a tie for first place in La Liga while Bayern are presently third in the Bundesliga.