Barça did concede seven goals over two legs in the final of the former Fairs Cup (now the UEFA Europa League) against Valencia in 1961/62. However, while they managed to score in defeat on that occasion (losing the tie 7-3), this season's elimination to Munich saw Tito Vilanova's men fail to beat Manuel Neuer in the Bayern goal home or away.
Such a one-sided semi-final tie in Europe's premier club competition has not occurred since 1964, when Real Madrid defeated Swiss side Zurich 8-1 on aggregate. If we also take into account the remaining European competitions, the previous last-four encounter that was won by seven goals took place in the 2000/01 UEFA Cup semi-finals. Interestingly, the tie also involved Spanish and German outfits; however, it was the club from Spain that won out, Alavés seeing off Kaiserslautern 9-2.
Alongside Real Mallorca, Barça are now the second Spanish club side to be beaten by three or more goals in the two matches of a European knockout encounter. 'Los Bermellones' slipped to a 7-1 demolition at the hands of Premier League side Newcastle United in the UEFA Cup in 2004. Since Sevilla were knocked out of the 1958 European Cup quarter-finals 10-2 by Madrid, this is the greatest humiliation suffered by a Spanish representative in Europe.
While Barça accumulate unwanted records, the opposite is the case for Bayern. No team had won both legs of a semi-final match-up in this competition by three or more goals since Eintracht Frankfurt achieved the feat against Rangers in 1960. Jupp Heynckes' men also became the first team in the tournament's history to beat 'Los Azulgrana' at the Camp Nou three times (1996, 1998 and 2013).
The Bavarians have reached this year's Wembley final without conceding in the quarter-finals or semi-finals, as well as claiming the accolade of being the only team in Champions League history to win all their away matches in the knockout stages.
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