The 2024-25 Champions League draw left interesting draws with the new league format. Among those highly-anticipated clashes, Bayern Munich will visit Hansi Flick’s Barcelona. After the draw, Thomas Muller sent a message to his former coach.
“I’m very excited about the games. I’m very excited to meet my old friend Hansi Flick with FC Barcelona and all the other teams,” the striker said with a mischievous smile in a video shared on his social media pages.
Flick, of course, was Bayern’s head coach during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 season, winning the sextuplet. Under his charge, the Bavarians defeated the Cules with a historic 2-8 score in the Champions League quarter finals.
On the other hand, Muller has historically been one of Barcelona’s biggest nightmares. He has scored 6 goals in 5 games against Barça, being the highest scorer against the Cules in Champions League.
Muller will also have a reunion with Robert Lewandowski
The match will also serve as a reunion between Muller and Robert Lewandowski, who left the German side to join Barcelona in 2022. Apart from the reunions, the teams have an long history in European competitions.
The teams have faced each other 13 times in European competition, and the current head to head record is 10 wins for Bayern, 1 draw and 2 wins for Barcelona. The last time that the Spanish side defeated Bayern was in the 2014-15 semi finals first leg (3-0), and also the last time they won the title.
On the other hand, Bayern isn’t the only German rival for the Cules, as they will also face Borussia Dortmund. Flick’s side opponents also include Atalanta, Benfica, Young Boys, Crvena Zvezda, Brest and Monaco.