FC Barcelona’s Champions League exit is sealed because Inter Milan won 4-0 (2-0) in Group C against bottom-placed Viktoria Pilsen with no points.
The Italian runners-up followed Bayern Munich early into the round of 16. The duel between Barca and the German record champion is therefore only of limited sporting value, Julian Nagelsmann’s team can at least make the group win clear at the Camp Nou before the final home game against Inter.
The former Bundesliga professionals Henrikh Mkhitaryan (35th) and Edin Dzeko (42nd, 66th) as well as the Belgian Romelu Lukaku (87th) in his comeback after a two-month injury break were successful for Inter.
Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen also has no chance of reaching the round of 16 in the Champions League. Due to FC Porto’s 4-0 (1-0) win at leaders FC Bruges, the Werkself can no longer reach second place in Group B before their duel at Atlético Madrid on the fifth day of the preliminary round.
If Bayer loses to the Rojiblancos in the evening, third place and thus wintering in the Europa League is no longer possible.
Mehdi Taremi (33′, 70′), Evanilson (57′) and Stephen Eustaquio (60′) scored for the visitors in Brugge. The Belgians, already in the round of 16 and visiting the BayArena next Tuesday, failed twice from the penalty spot.
First, Diego Costa made a save against Hans Vanaken, but the referee allowed the penalty to be repeated. Noa Lang failed at Diego Costa (54th).