Anyone writing off Barcelona in the champions League is probably not current with their recent forms or does not understand the game well. Barcelona is a very tough team to contend with especially now under Hansi Flick. The recent signings and improvement of some of their previous players. Even though it appears that Barcelona is not usually lucky in the champions League but they will definitely be a hard nut to crack this season. Come 16th September, champion's league will kick off and every doubt will clear. But so far, if I'm to take a stand, I may not give it Barcelona to win this year's UCL but would possibly cross the semi final stage.
If only reaching the semifinals is the same as last season, as a club that has developed much better of course Hansi Flick targets higher than before if last season Barcelona only won the domestic league next season the target is to win the La Liga and Champions League titles and yes of course this is not easy because there are many tough competitors in the two competitions especially Real Madrid has prepared well for next season to face Barcelona so we will see which one is the best of them.