Long overdue another slice of European stardom 10 years after their most recent run to Champions League glory, Barcelona fans could be forgiven for already having the Munich final in their sights, having been placed on the opposite side of the draw to all of Liverpool, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.

Hansi Flick's men may still have to battle past one of Bayern Munich or Inter Milan to earn a date with destiny, but they made several statements of intent during the league phase, recovering from an opening loss to Monaco to take 19 points from the next 21 on offer.

Trumping every other team in an attacking sense, La Blaugrana notched an unparalleled 28 goals in their eight league phase games - Borussia Dortmund were a far second with 22 - as the La Liga title challengers scored at least twice in each of their final seven league phase battles.

Also finding the back of the net for fun domestically, Barcelona followed up an enthralling 4-4 Copa del Rey semi-final first-leg draw with Atletico Madrid with a 4-0 demolition of Real Sociedad on Sunday, rising back to the top of the La Liga standings in the process.

Still unbeaten in 2025, the four-goal thrashing of Real Sociedad marked La Blaugrana's 15th consecutive game without defeat across all competitions, and they have bagged multiple goals in 11 of their last 12 matches away from their temporary Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys home.