Today was a bad day for Chelsea fans Lionel Messi messed us Chelsea FC out of 2018 Champions League at the last 16 stage.
Barcelona FC took revenge on their visiting rival when they thrashed them 3-0 to qualify for the Semi-Final stage.
Barcelona 3-0 Chelsea (agg 4-1): Super Messi knocks Blues out as Blaugrana advance to UCL quarter-finals for the 11th consecutive year. Messi has now scored 100 goals in the Champions League for Barcelona.
Following a 1-1 draw in the first leg, the visitors fell behind after just 128 seconds in the Nou Camp as Lionel Messi shot through the legs of Thibaut Courtois from a tight angle.
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Messi then set up Ousmane Dembele to hammer home the second after Cesc Fabregas lost possession.
BBC reports that Marcos Alonso hit the post for Chelsea with a free-kick before Messi’s 100th Champions League goal – after a mistake by Cesar Azpilicueta – took the hosts out of sight.
Alonso was then denied a penalty after a challenge by Gerard Pique as Barcelona joined La Liga rivals Real Madrid and Sevilla in Friday’s quarter-final draw.
Chelsea, meanwhile, joined fellow Premier League clubs Manchester United and Tottenham in exiting in the first knockout rounds.
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Line-ups
Barcelona XI: Marc-André ter Stegen, Piqué, Alba, Umtiti, Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta, S.Roberto, Suárez, Lionel Messi, O.Dembélé
Subs: Jasper Cillessen, Digne, A.Vidal, Vermaelen, Paulinho, A.Gomes, Alcácer
Chelsea XI: Thibaut Courtois, Rüdiger, M.Alonso, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Fà bregas, Kanté, E.Hazard, Moses, Willian, Giroud
Subs: Willy Caballero, Zappacosta, Cahill, Emerson, Bakayoko, Morata, Pedro
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