BARCELONA (REUTERS) - A fired-up Lionel Messi led Barcelona to a 3-1 win at home to Napoli on Saturday (Aug 8) for a 4-2 aggregate victory which took the club into the Champions League quarter-finals for the 13th consecutive season where they face Bayern Munich.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BARCELONA - A fired-up Lionel Messi led Barcelona to a 3-1 win at home to Napoli on Saturday for a 4-2 aggregate victory which took the club into the Champions League quarter-finals for the 13th consecutive season where they face Bayern Munich.
Messi had the ball in the net again soon after following a superb team move but the goal was harshly ruled out for handball by the Argentine following a VAR review, although Messi later won a penalty which Luis Suarez converted for Barca's third. Messi had sounded the alarm after Barca's rusty performance in the 1-1 draw in the first leg back in February, saying they stood no chance of winning Europe's top prize, which has eluded them since 2015, unless they improved.
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