FC BARCELONA has wrapped up the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Quarter Final tie with a 2º leg 4-1 victory (6- 3 agg) over ARSENAL thar saw an inspirational LIONEL MESSI rip apart the English team practically by himself with 4 goals.
(photo: Bendtner_apphoto_AOchoa)
Arsenal began well the first 20 minutes with a well positioned set up that made the home teams ball playing style difficult to put in practice. Then in the 17th min a defensive mistake by Barça opened them up in half to allow BENDTNER to score first & give his side wings.However, this only caused FC Barcelona to "wake up" & in particular the current "Best Player in the World", LIONEL MESSI, to stamp his authority, class & magic for the next 25 min. In fact he would score a HAT TRICK ( 21st, 36th & 41st min) before half time.
Watch the three goals from LIONEL MESSI in the below videos:
The 2º half saw Arsenal recompose themselves & put Barça under pressure & get close to the goal with some nicely worked opportunities created that gave some trouble to the home team. Perhaps Barcelona were already thinking about the big Spanish League clash with Real Madrid next Saturday & thus they put the foot off the accelarator, although the merit must go to Arsenal with their play who made them work.
But as time kept running & Arsenal´s efforts were not bearing fruit, Barça began to regain control again to play their habitual ball possesion with "dizzy" precision. Then in the 87th min LIONEL MESSI again appeared to put the final "nail in" & score his 4th goal ( all of Barça´s goals tonight). Watch the VIDEO of his 4th goal below:
FC Barcelona will now meet Inter Milan in the semi -final, after the Italians knocked out CSKA Moscow earlier with a Sneijder free-kick goal.
Tonight Messi is the "King of the Football World" & tomorrow the talk of the World press. He deserves it, it was an outstanding & magical "one man" performance tonight, one to remember for sometime.
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