End of an era as the 'Barca Way' lays in ruins


Soccer Football - Champions League - Quarter Final - FC Barcelona v Bayern Munich - Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal - August 14, 2020 Barcelona's Gerard Pique and Nelson Semedo look dejected, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/Pool

LISBON (Reuters) - For Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick, Friday's remarkable 8-2 hammering of Barcelona must have felt like the most wonderful deja-vu imaginable.

Flick had sat on the bench in Belo Horizonte in 2014 as assistant to Germany head coach Joachim Loew, as Germany handed five-times world champions Brazil their worst ever World Cup defeat with a shocking 7-1 victory.

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