Real Madrid are the only LaLiga team left in this year’s Champions League.
This follows the elimination of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid after Wednesday’s round of fixtures.
Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League before kicking a ball on Wednesday. This follow Inter Milan’s 4-0 win over Viktoria Plzen left them with only a Europa League place.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Edin Dzeko scored first-half goals to set Inter on their way at the San Siro. Before former Manchester City man Dzeko struck again in the second half.
Romelu Lukaku rounded off the victory late on, meaning Barcelona can only finish third in Group C.
It’s the second straight season Barcelona have exited the Champions League at the group stage, having gone 17 consecutive seasons making the knockouts.
There was still time for the Spanish side’s night to get even worse, though, when Bayern Munich cruised to a 3-0 win at the Nou Camp to secure first place in Group C.
Sadio Mane opened the scoring after just 10 minutes when he latched onto a sumptuous Serge Gnabry pass, before former Stoke forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting doubled Bayern’s lead in the 31st minute.
Benjamin Pavard then added insult to Barcelona’s injury with a third goal in second-half stoppage time
Atletico also eliminated
Atletico Madrid made it a miserable night for Spanish sides by also crashing out of the Champions League. This came after a 2-2 draw at home to Bayer Leverkusen in which they missed a stoppage-time penalty.
Lukas Hradecky saved Yannick Carrasco’s spot kick before Saul Niguez’s follow-up hit the crossbar. This means Diego Simeone’s side exits at the group stage for just the second time in the last 10 years.
Leverkusen took the lead in the ninth minute through Moussa Diaby. But Atletico levelled midway through the opening period thanks to Carrasco.
Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen then took the lead again through Callum Hudson-Odoi, who scored his first goal for the club since joining on loan from Chelsea.
Atletico equalised early in the second half through Rodrigo De Paul but will now have to settle for scrapping with Leverkusen for a spot in the Europa League on matchday six.
