Messi marked three goals and Neymar Jr, enrabietado, the chamber

FC BARCELONA 4-0 MANCHESTER CITY

Messi sinks to the Manchester City of Guardiola in Champions

Published:19/10/2016 - 23:12h

Updated:20/10/2016 - 01:16h

The magic of Leo Messi, the best player of the world, sank to the Manchester City of Pep Guardiola in UEFA Champions League. The Camp Nou vibrated with the game of the Barça and the final goal of Neymar Jr, in a marked crash by the surprises

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Absolute superiority of the FC Barcelona against the Manchester City in the Camp Nou, thank you fundamentally to the presence of Leo Messi that, with his electricity and goals, desactivó to the ones of Pep Guardiola to sign an authentic exhibition in UEFA Champions League 2016-17, competition in which it already has marked six targets in so only two parties to be "Pichichi". The Argentinian star showed that it finds in full form after having recovered does few days of an injury in the aductor, whereas the Manchester City did not know to defend in the second half, partly by fault of a flagrant error of Claudio Bravo that caused his expulsion of the terrain of game.

The party began with the two teams tanteándose on the lawn, practising a style of identical game in constant search of the balloon, and with a very high pressure when they did not have the ball in his possession. With the step of the minutes, few clear opportunities gave in the first-half until Leo Messi was the attendant of desequilibrar the scales. "The Flea" collected a balloon in the interior of the area after a slip of one of the defenders "citizens" and took advantage of to première the marker, dribbling to Claudio Bravo that finish by the floors. It was the 1-0 for the FC Barcelona, and like this would finish the first part with some that another intervention providencial of Marc-André Ter Stegen.

Bravo and Messi decant the party for the Barça

In the second half, the Manchester City went out much more enchufado in the party and, with Sterling, Of Bruyne and Nolito doing estragos up, tried to equalise the contention the fastest possible. The férrea defensive saga of the FC Barcelona, with Umtiti and Mascherano stellar, did not allow it when being seconded by a Ter Stegen that signed a big performance, diverting all the shots "citizens". Jordi Alba and Gerard Hammered had lesionado in the first-half and the Barcelona had had to give entrance to Lucas Digne and Mathieu, but the true is that both players fulfilled his paper to the hour to give defensive stability to the team.

It was shortly after when it broke the party. In a long balloon by which struggled Luis Suárez, Claudio Bravo went out of his goal and tried to combine with a defender, but did not strike well the balloon and the Uruguayan had the opportunity to shoot to empty door. The Chilean, out of the area, diverted the shot with the glove and, of course, the referee decided to expel him of the meeting with direct red card. The Manchester City, with ten men, could not defend of an avalanche of occasions of the Barça that translated in two goals in less than ten minutes of Leo Messi. The first, after a pass of the death of Luis Suárez, and the second after a theft of balloon and a shot raso from out of the area, adjusted so that Cavalier did not arrive.

The Barça, leader stood out of the Group C of Champions

With 3-0, all the fish was sold in a party in which the Manchester City had the worry of not receiving more goals, although it followed creating danger with Of Bruyne and Sterling up, being these two men the most dynamic of the English picture. Mathieu, when they were missing twenty minutes for the end, starred a hard entrance that did not come to tale on Sterling and received the second yellow card, remaining both teams with ten footballers. In spite of that the strengths equalised , Leo Messi followed desbordando and did not show satisfied with the state of the meeting to weigh have annotated already a gentleman "hat-trick".

The Argentinian, Neymar Jr and Luis Suárez followed incidiendo in the area of Willy Cavalier, and in one of these actions "The Flea" desbordó to Gaël Clichy that committed penalti on him. Messi yielded it to him to Neymar Jr, but this kicked too unsuspecting and the guardameta detained the spherical. In spite of this, a Neymar enrabietado received a balloon in attack shortly after and, after dribbling to some defenders in the interior of the area, crossed a shot raso perfect so that Cavalier did not arrive to time, signing of this form the 4-0 definite. The Barça puts with 9 points like leader stood out of the Group C of UEFA Champions League, with a Manchester City that remains with 4. Aim fulfilled for the ones of Luis Enrique.

Technical index card of the party: FC Barcelona 4-0 Manchester City

FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Mascherano, Hammered (Mathieu, 39'), Umtiti, Jordi Alba (Digne, 10'); Busquets, Iniesta (To. Gomes, 79'), Rakitic; Neymar Jr, Leo Messi and Luis Suárez.

Manchester City: Bravo; Zabaleta (Clichy, 57'), Stones, Otamendi, Kolarov; Gündogan (Agüero, 79'), Fernandinho; Sterling, Silva, Nolito (Cavalier, 57') and Of Bruyne.

Goals of the party: Leo Messi, 17'; Leo Messi, 61'; Leo Messi, 69; Neymar Jr, 89'.

Referee: Milorad Mazic.

Incidences: corresponding Party to the third day of the UEFA Champions League 2016-2017, contested in the Camp Nou.

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