Bayern Munich thrash Barca 7-0 (agg) for place in final

Bayern Munich beat a Barcelona side missing Lionel Messi 3-0 on Wednesday to seal a crushing 7-0 win on aggregate and line up an all-German Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund.

Without its all-time leading scorer, apparently not fit from his right hamstring injury, Barcelona failed to seriously threaten Bayern’s goal – much less an epic comeback after its 4-0 first-leg defeat.

After the visitors had toyed with Barcelona in the first half, Bayern forward Arjen Robben finally opened the scoring in the 49th minute.

Barcelona’s Gerard Pique added an own goal in the 72nd and Thomas Mueller headed in Bayern’s third goal just four minutes later, as Barcelona slumped to its first home loss in European competition since 2009.

Bayern will face Dortmund in the final on May 25 at Wembley Stadium.

Pique described it as one of his club’s “worst nights,” adding that even Messi wouldn’t have made a difference.

While fellow Spanish side Real Madrid won 2-0 on Tuesday to almost reverse a 4-1 first-leg loss to Dortmund, Barcelona didn’t even come close and definitely didn’t bow out of Europe’s top-tier competition gracefully.