Barcelona Fans ‘Cry’ For Lionel Messi’s Return As They Crash Out Of Champions League

Fans of FC Barcelona at Spotify Camp Nou chanted for ex-captain Lionel Messi as they watched their side suffer a second successive exit from UEFA Champions League group stage on Wednesday evening.

The Blaugrana were crashed out of Europe’s top-tier club competition at the first hurdle again after a disappointing campaign, which produced just one win in five outings.

The five-time Champions League winners had already been relegated to the Europa League prior to kick-off after Inter Milan demolished Viktoria Plzen in the group’s other game on the same day.

As Xavi Hernandez’s side played Bayern Munich in front of 84,000 crowd, knowing their fate prior to kick-off, their supporters chanted the name of Messi, the Bavarians scored two quick-fire goals in the first half courtesy of Sadio Mane and Erick Choupo-Moting,