Barcelona defeated Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-0 to match the 20-goal scoring report inside the institution level of the Champions League, but Lionel Messi fell short of equaling Cristiano Ronaldo’s 11-intention mark inside the first phase of the tournament.
Messi’s 10th purpose and Arda Turan’s hat-trick helped Barcelona reach the 20 dreams on this season’s group stage, a feat accomplished handiest 3 different times in the past, along with by means of the Catalan club in 2011-12.
Real Madrid did it in 2013-14 and Manchester United in 1998-99. Borussia Dortmund wishes one intention in its game towards Madrid on Wednesday in Spain to suit the document.
All group C positions had already been decided in advance of Tuesday’s final spherical. Barcelona finished with 15 points, six more than Manchester metropolis, who drew 1-1 with Celtic in England. Moenchengladbach ended 0.33 with 5 points, more than winless Celtic.
“The crew played well the entire healthy,” Barcelona teach Luis Enrique stated. “The players were short and particular. I congratulate them.”
Messi scored within the 16th minute at Camp Nou after a one- with Turan in the Moenchengladbach vicinity. The Argentine slid in the back of the defenders and fired home a low left-foot shot after receiving Turan’s go back pass.
Messi had a high-quality risk to fit Ronaldo’s file in the 73rd, however, his near-variety header turned into brilliantly stored on the line by using goalkeeper Yann Sommer.
Turan scored within the fiftieth, 53rd and 67th mins to help the Catalan membership stop a 3-game winless streak. It conceded a 90th-minute equalizer in a 1-1 domestic draw towards real Madrid in the Spanish league on Saturday.
Consistent with UEFA’s information, Barcelona made a whopping 1,022 passing tries on Tuesday, finishing 939 of them.
“Barcelona has been very Barcelona-mosque,” Moenchengladbach instruct Andre Schubert said. “We had too much admired for them and didn’t play with enough braveness.”
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Barcelona changed into without forward Neymar and midfielder Ivan Rakitic due to suspensions.
Luis Enrique additionally rested striker Luis Suarez, giving a threat to currently signed forward percent Alcacer, who has been criticized by Barcelona fans for his lackluster performances.
Ronaldo scored eleven goals last year became the primary player to reach double figures within the six video games of the organization stage. Messi played in most effective five suits for Barcelona this season, However, he twice scored hat-tricks — in the domestic video games towards Celtic and Manchester metropolis. He also netted once against a city in Manchester and twice against Celtic in Glasgow.
Ronaldo on Wednesday will try to emerge as the primary player to score one hundred dreams in eu competitions. he's two short of the milestone heading into the sport towards Borussia Dortmund at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.