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Welcome to Standard Sport's LIVE coverage of Barcelona vs Bayern Munich.
Bayern outlined why they are the team to beat in this season's Champions League with a stunning 8-2 quarter-final demolition of Barcelona in Lisbon.
The German champions blitzed Barca with four goals in the opening 31 minutes, adding four more in the second, to set up a semi-final with Manchester City or Lyon.
It was a mesmerising performance, helped by a horror show from Barca as a brace from Thomas Muller was complemented by goals from Ivan Perisic and Serge Gnabry put them 4-1 up at the break.
Joshua Kimmich, Robert Lewandowski and a brace from Barca loanee Philippe Coutinho inflicted a heaviest ever European defeat on the Catalans as Hansi Flick's side ran riot.
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Boss Quique Setien will pay the price for this embarrassment, coming after a limp end to their league campaign - and Standard Sport understands Mauricio Pochettino is the favourite to land the job as Barca plan an emergency meeting on Monday.
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Date, time and venue
Barcelona vs Bayern Munich is scheduled for an 8pm BST kick-off tonight.
The match will be played behind closed doors at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica with no fans due to be present due to government guidelines regarding coronavirus.
How to watch
TV channel: The match will be televised live on BT Sport 1, with coverage starting from 7pm.
Live stream: BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.
Team news
Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Sergi Roberto, Vidal, Busquets, De Jong; Messi, Suarez
Subs: Neto, Inaki Pena, Rakitic, Dembele, Griezmann, Junior Firpo, Riqui Puig, Ansu Fati, Ronald Araujo, Monchu, Mingueza, Reis
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Bayern XI: Neuer; Kimmich, Boateng, Alaba, Davies; Goretzka, Thiago; Gnabry, Muller, Perisic; Lewandowski
Subs: Ulreich, Hoffmann, Odriozola, Sule, Javi Martinez, Coutinho, Cuisance, Hernandez, Tolisso, Coman, Zirkzee, Musiala
Setien to opt for 4-4-2 against Bayern?
According to Barcelona-based paper Sport, coach Quique Setien is set to pick four midfielders for the Champions League quarter-final clash against Bayern Munich tonight.
Sport say the 61-year-old has decided to select Sergio Busquets and Arturo Vidal (both back after serving suspensions against Napoli), along with Sergi Roberto and Frenkie de Jong.
That would see Antoine Griezmann drop to the bench, with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez starting in attack at the Estadio Da Luz.
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No positive tests ahead of Bayern clash
All of Barcelona players have taken Covid-19 tests ahead of their Champions League quarter-final clash against Bayern Munich in Lisbon tonight. None have registered positive results.
Earlier this week, Barca revealed that one of their players starting pre-season had tested positive for coronavirus, later revealed to be defender Jean-Clair Todibo.
The Frenchman, who is now self-isolating at home, had not been in contact with any members of the club's first-team squad prior to their trip to Portugal.
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Flick: This is not Bayern vs Messi
Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick has dismissed suggestions that tonight's tie is his side versus Lionel Messi, but admits he has a plan to stop the Argentine.
"This is not Bayern-Messi, it’s Bayern-Barca,” Flick said in his press conference on Thursday.
“Of course we have a plan to stop Messi, but I’m not going to reveal it. The important thing is the group. We have to be astute, close the spaces and put pressure on them, win the duels.”
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Dembele back for Barcelona
Ousmane Dembele has not played for Barcelona since limping off against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League last November and then suffering a serious hamstring injury as he closed in on a return in February.
But the French forward is back in Barca's squad for the Champions League final phase and coach Quique Setien has admitted he could feature from the bench against Bayern Munich tonight.
"He could play some minutes," the 61-year-old said in his pre-match press conference on Thursday.
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Collective can make Messi stronger, says Setien
Barcelona coach Quique Setien admits captain Lionel Messi could be key in tonight's match, but has insisted a strong collective display will help the Argentine to succeed.
"Messi can help us win the match, but I have always believed in the strength of the team," he said on Thursday in the pre-match press conference.
"It's true that we have to assist Messi, but without the strength of the team, Leo would be less, just like any other player we could highlight."
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Setien: Lewandowski not at Messi's level
Barcelona coach Quique Setien says Robert Lewandowski is not at Lionel Messi's level after claims that the Bayern Munich striker is superior to the Argentine attacker.
Bayern icons Lothar Matthaus and Giovane Elber both spiced up the build-up to tonight's quarter-final tie by declaring that the Polish frontman is ahead of the Barca captain on current form.
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"Lewandowski is a great footballer, but he's not on Leo's level – that's clear," Setien said in his pre-match press conference on Thursday.
"He [Lewandowski] has scored 13 goals in the Champions League and he is well assisted by his team-mates. He's in a great moment, but Leo is too, as we saw against Napoli."
Barca and Bayern met in 2013 and 2015
The last two meetings between Barcelona and Bayern in the Champions League came in the semi-finals, with two-legged ties in 2012-13 and 2014-15.
In the first of those, Bayern won 7-0 on aggregate against a Barca side missing coach Tito Vilanova due to his cancer treatment and with Lionel Messi injured.
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Barca then came out on top with a 5-2 aggregate success in 2015 after a 3-0 win at Camp Nou and a 3-2 loss at the Allianz Arena.
Both teams went on to win the treble after their respective victories.
Vidal fires warning to Bayern: Barca are world's best team
Barcelona midfielder Arturo Vidal has told former club Bayern Munich that they will be up against the "best team in the world" and a footballer from another planet on Friday night.
The build-up to the Champions League quarter-final clash in Lisbon has been spiced up by some bravado from the German side, with former players Lothar Matthaus and Giovane Elber both claiming that Robert Lewandowski is currently better than Lionel Messi.
"I have heard what Bayern have said, but I know the people there and I know what is talked about outside and what they think inside [the club]," Vidal said in Thursday's pre-match press conference.
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"They are playing against Barca, not against teams from the Bundesliga. They are playing against the best team in the world."
And on the comparison between Lewandowski and Messi, the Chilean said: "Lewa is extraordinary. I was with him for three years and I know how he prepares.
"It's very difficult to compare anyone with Leo. He's from another planet. Although Lewa is the best striker in the world, together with Luis Suarez."
Barcelona & Bayern Munich seek semi-final spot
With Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig already through to the Champions League semi-finals, Barcelona and Bayern Munich meet tonight for a place in the last four of the competition.
The two FCBs are the only previous winners still left in the Champions League and both teams are in search of a sixth European Cup.
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