Barcelona down to Europa League after 21 years in Champions League

<h4><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi; font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Due to Benfica&&num;8217&semi;s win over Dynamo Kyiv&comma; the Blaugrana will have to settle with the Europa League next year&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14939" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;sadbarca-scaled&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"2048" height&equals;"1153" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi; font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Barcelona&&num;8217&semi;s worst Champions League campaign in two decades came to an end on Wednesday&comma; as they were eliminated from the group stage after another thrashing by Bayern Munich&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi; font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">The Catalans headed into their final game in Group E battling Benfica for second place&comma; knowing they could have to chase a result at the Allianz Arena&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi; font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Bayern&comma; on the other hand&comma; scarcely broke a sweat in dismantling Xavi&&num;8217&semi;s men&comma; while the Portuguese team took the three points required to advance to the last 16 as runners-up to Bayern&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi; font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Barca was ahead of their opponents on points following November&&num;8217&semi;s 0-0 stalemate with Benfica&comma; but they were also at a significant disadvantage before kick-off on Wednesday&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi; font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">With a win over Dynamo Kyiv&comma; the Blaugrana would have no choice but to beat Bayern&comma; who had already thrashed them 3-0 at Camp Nou and were on route for a perfect six victories out of six&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi; font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Benfica had little trouble dismissing Dynamo 2-0&comma; while Bayern thrashed Barcelona 3-0 thanks to goals from Thomas Muller&comma; Leroy Sane&comma; and Jamal Musiala&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi; font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">The Catalans have not failed to get past the first group stage of the Champions League in 21 years&comma; with the last time their campaign ended before Christmas in 2000-01&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;