By Victor Kanayo
Barcelona have been officially knocked out of the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League with two group stage games to spare.
This is after Inter Milan thoroughly dominated Viktoria Plzen at San Siro in the early kickoff in Group C, easily winning 4-0 and clinching a spot in the Round of 16 in front of their home fans.
Because of Plzen’s loss, Barça are now guaranteed to finish third and will play in the Europa League Playoffs next February once they find out their opponents in next week’s draw.
Inter Milan beat Viktoria Plzen in the early game 4-0, taking their points tally to 10 with one game left.
It also means back-to-back Champions League group-stage exits for Barca, having only done so once before – way back in 1998-99.
Barca’s debt stands at around £1billion and yet the club managed to spend £150m on transfer fees this summer – by selling off various parts of the club including image rights such as the stadium name to Spotify.
Their budget for this season was based upon reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
