Leo Messi puts to the Barça in the quarter-finals of Champions League (3-0)

It does some weeks, Pep Guardiola said that the simple presence of Leo Messi was sufficient to convert to the FC Barcelona in solid candidate for the Champions, and with exhibitions like the one of this Wednesday, the rosarino has empeñado in giving him the reason. Chelsea saw forced very soon to go out of the cave with a target of the '10' in hardly three minutes, but in another arracada fantastic, also gave him to assist to Dembélé. The culés knew to defend when it touched and intimidate to a rival that tried it, but to the that when better was, arrived him the sentence of the Argentinian. The Catalans already are in chambers.

In spite of the doubts and to the options that had of start, Ernesto Valverde kept his bet: His 4-4-2 hybrid -by moments 4-3-3- with Andrés Iniesta on the one hand and Ousmane Dembélé by the another. The captain forced to be and his help was importantísima, and the French showed that it keeps growing thanks to his own effort and to the help of his mates.

Messi decides to the first opportunity

The defensive proposal of Antonio Conte, this time adorned with a leading centre by request of his own pupilos, 'popped' by the fast road, in what it took Messi in annotating the first. They sufficed him three minutes to the best player of the world to combine with Dembélé, and after a rebound, collect an assistance of espuela of Luis Suárez, advance, and with the right surpass without hardly angle to Thibaut Courtois, that saw surprised by a shot with the right-handed in which it seemed that it could do much more.

The so much did to react to some English that saw went before the expected, and launched up directed by Eden Hazard and Willian, this freer time with Olivier Giroud fixing central. However, the answer of the Barcelona was more than good, because all and each one of the players sacrificed in defence, with actions of the own Iniesta and Dembélé that confirmed that the ideas of Valverde fulfil to rajatabla.

With more pressure that difficulties, the one who followed to the his was Messi, with another action for the memory that never will forget the French. The Argentinian stole a balloon in the centre of the field, rebasó to two rivals as if they went of paper and changed it to the another side, where appeared only the one of Vernon. Without hardly opposition, sufficed him a control and a finish powerful to mark his first goal with the Barça. 

With the feeling that there was little cloth for cutting, the duel slept something more after the second, until little by little, the 'blues' began to wake up. After a full period of faults and some crashes, Marc-André Ter Stegen said his, clearing a shot of Marcos Alonso that it was of the best of the visitors. Justo before the rest the Madrilenian repeated, but his launching of fault touched the wood and went out by the background line.

Chelsea tightens, Messi sentences 

The rhythm that had lost the first time went back in the resumption, with an animated exit that left an occasion of goal in each goal. A bad pass of Courtois propició the first, with a recovery of Suárez and an attempt that the Belgian commissioned to solve, and in a played back, Marcos Alonso wanted to keep on being leading, but Dembélé snatched him the balloon when already it had it everything for fusilar to Ter Stegen.

In the section abritral, the offensive left side Spanish also had his minute of glory, with what could interpret like a demolish of Gerard Hammered in the area but aimed more to 'piscinazo' regrettable. There was contact in his arms but did not seem sufficient, and Damir Skomina took a decision salomónica: Neither penalti, neither yellow for simulating.

The protests only were a prelude of what himself was a reaction of the londinenses, that began to upset in his charged and forced to Valverde to react. It left Iniesta with the have to fulfilled, Sergio Busquets with some inopportune physical problems and Dembélé, and went in Paulinho, André Gomes and Aleix Vidal, that fulfilled his task to perfection.

But the one who resolved in the best moment of Chelsea was the one of always, Leo Messi, that closed his night triunfal with another target marks of the house. After one against guided by Suárez, collected the one of Rosario the spherical, tore the defence by the left and of shot crossed, and again under the legs of the unlucky Courtois, did to madden to the terracing.

It remained a lot to the end, but little more it was necessary a light exchange of hits that did not translate in the marker. The injuries continued concerning to the culés and it will be necessary to do headcount of drops, but for the moment weighs more the joy and another step more to the Champions. The Barça already is in chambers.

Technical index card of the party: FC Barcelona-Chelsea 3-0

FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Hammered, Umtiti, Alba; Busquets (André Gomes, min 61), Rakitic, Iniesta (Paulinho, min 56), Dembélé (Aleix Vidal, min 67); Suárez and Messi.

Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger; Moses (Zappacosta, min 67), Fábregas, Kanté, Alonso; Willian, Hazard (Pedro, min 82) and Giroud (Morata, min 67).

Goals of the party: 1-0 Messi (min 3), 2-0 Dembélé (min 20), 3-0 Messi (min 63).

Referee: Damir Skomina. 

Incidences: corresponding Party to the turn of eighth of final of the Champions.

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Next party: FC Barcelona-Athletic (Day 29 of LaLiga).