
FC Barcelona took some time to get their attack moving. In the sixth minute Henry had Barca's first shot forcing Demichelis to clear the ball off the line. Then in the ninth minute Messi put Barca in the lead. Iniesta played the ball to Eto who held the ball off drawing defenders and leaving Messi completely unmarked; Eto then slid the ball to Messi who fired a precision low shot past Goal keeper to the far left corner. Then in the 12th minute Messi received the ball on the left and ran towards centre; he then provided a great ball putting Eto ahead who finished the move with great precision through Goal Keepers leg. Eto was marginally offside but the linesman didn't call so the goal stood. Then in the 17th minute Messi shold have won a penalty when he turned inside and was brought down by the trailing leg of Christian Lell; but instead the Referee Howard Webb from England booked him for diving. Guardiola protested heavily with the fourth official and linesman which resulted in he being send off. In the 22nd minute Iniesta send in a fantastic ball to henry but his shot went wide of the far post. Then in the 38th minute Messi made it three nil when he slid ahead of the defenders to slot past the cross from Henry.

In the second half Barca looked more interested in keeping the possession. In the 59th minute Messi saw his low shot well saved by the Goal Keeper. In the 74th minute Henry was replaced with Keita. In the 81st minute Busquets was brought in for Toure and Eto was replaced in the 89th minute by Krkic. The second half didn't see mouch of Barca's attacking powers but plenty of possession powers. They managed to keep a clean sheet and that will be an added advantage for Barca when they play the second leg at Bayern. Messi was excellent but every player was more than good in their respective position. In the other match chelsea surprisingly sprung to life and defeated Liverpool 1-3 away from home. Liverpool had been the in form team in England at this moment but their Anfield fort was wrecked by Chelsea's aerial power. If we don't do any drastic mistakes in Germany there is a high chance we will meet Chelsea rather than Liverpool in the semi-final.
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