Messi shines, de Gea fumbles

The FC Barcelona has with Manchester United no problems and pulls with a 3:0 victory to the semi-finals of the Champions League. Lionel Messi scored two goals and is the player of the Evening. the

thanks to a Gala by Lionel Messi the Spanish football club FC Barcelona has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. The Catalans, in which goalie Marc-André ter Stegen to be 50. Game in the king of best-of-class riding, won the quarter-final return match against the completely overmatched the English record Champions Manchester United 3:0 (2:0) and reached for the first Time in four years, the semi-final round. At that time, Barca won at the end of the title.

Messi (16./20.) scored the first two goals, Philippe Coutinho (61.) provided for by the decision. The first leg in Manchester had won Barca already 1:0. Barcelona is unbeaten by defeating since, in the meantime, the 31 home games in the Champions League and hits in the semi-final with either FC Liverpool or FC Porto.

Barca coach Ernesto Valverde changed in comparison to the first leg to a Position, Sergi Roberto moved instead of Nelson Semedo on the right defensive side. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had to be without the suspended calamity Luke Shaw ravens do, the left-back had scored in the first leg by a goal the winning goal for the Catalans. Right-back Diogo Dalot and storm tank Romelu Lukaku sat on the bench. Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard and Phil Jones moved into the starting lineup.

The more offensive orientation of the Englishman was rewarded in front of 96.708 spectators in the Camp Nou almost early in the game. After 40 seconds, Marcus Rashford had the guide on the foot, his shot landed on the crossbar. The Catalans responded impressed and unusual ball made losses.

In the centre of attention early in the game, the Munich-based referee Felix Brych. After a supposed foul on Fred in Ivan Rakitic Brych decided on a penalty for Barcelona (11.), according to the note of the video wizard, and viewing the images he corrected, surprisingly, but his decision-making. Barcelona reacted angrily and launched an all-out attack. After a ball loss of Ashley Young to Messi made the defense of the Red Devils and hit from 18 yards into the far corner. Four minutes later, United's goalkeeper David de Gea had an easy shot, the one and only slip through.

The game went only in one direction, of Manchester was presented to the Barcelona stage way and hardly found their way out of their own half. Shortly before the break as Roberto had explained the great Chance for 3:0, de Gea on the line.

After the break changed the course of the game. Barca and came through a left-footed shot from Coutinho values dictated on to the next goal. Messi pass put an overhead kick just wide of the goal (64.).