Gavi returned to action after spending 11 months on the sideline during Barcelona’s 5-1 win over Sevilla in LaLiga on Sunday and got an amazing reception by the crowd at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium.
While the German team seems well equipped with moveable attackers performing over the flanks and outside the box, the 57-year-old national coach is short of convincing spearheads.
Having beaten Barcelona 8-2 in the quarterfinal, Bayern Munich had arrived as the favourites against new-entrant Lyon in the last four.
The eight goals scored in Lisbon by Bayern Munich are the most scored by any team in a knockout game in the history of Champions League.
Chelsea go to Bayern Munich to play their second-leg Round of 16 tie with a tumultuous task of overturning the three-goal deficit of the first leg.
Hansi Flick, a former assistant to Germany coach Joachim Loew, took the reins at Bayern Munich in November after his predecessor Niko Kovac was sacked.
Notably, Munich had sacked Niko Kovac back in November following a poor start to the season. Post his departure, Flick was named interim manager but the impact Kovac has had on the team has been positive so far.
