German professional soccer's Bayern Munich, home of the Iron Pillar Kim Min-jae, suffered a three-point defeat to FC Barcelona (Spain) thanks to a hat trick from Hapinha.
The Bavarians fell 1-4 to the Catalans in the third leg of the 2024-2025 UEFA Champions League (UCL) League Phase at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday.
Min-Jae Kim, who has been trusted by Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes to start every official game this season, played the full match and had a solid performance.
However, with both teams upping their defensive game, Munich's back line was unable to overcome the speed and destructiveness of the 'trio' of Hafinha, Ramin Yamal and Robert Lewandowski, resulting in multiple concessions.
With their second straight defeat, 파워볼사이트 Munich dropped to 23rd place (3 points), while Barcelona, who won their second straight, moved up to 10th place (6 points).
Munich's six-game winning streak against Barcelona came to a halt.
It's been nine years since Munich lost a head-to-head match against Barcelona, after a 0-3 defeat in the first leg of the 2014-2015 UCL semifinals.
Munich conceded less than a minute after kickoff to Hapinha.
On the counter-attack, Fermin Lopes' penetrating pass found Hafinha one-on-one with the keeper and he calmly slotted home to give the hosts the lead.
Munich equalized in the 18th minute of the first half when Harry Kane finished a Serge Knabry cross with a right-footed volley, only to concede again 18 minutes later.
Lewandowski finished with his right foot from Lopes' through ball.
It was a bitter pill for Munich to swallow that Lopes had made a foul on Kim Min-jae when he leapt up to take the ball with his head just before the ball was played to Lopes, but the referee let it go without blowing his whistle.
Barcelona took a two-goal lead in the 45th minute through a right-footed curling shot from Zapina.
He added another goal 11 minutes into the second half to complete his hat trick.
After receiving a roving through ball from Yamal, Hapinha beat Kim Min-jae and Upamecano before firing a left-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the net to seal the win for Barcelona.
It was the first time he had ever scored a hat-trick in the UCL.