Barcelona vs Bayer Leverkusen Champions League game turned into an abuse, a hammering, demolishing as Barcelona advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals following a 7-1 win vs Bayer Leverkusen with amazing Messi scoring 5 goals.

Barcelona / NationalTurk – Barcelona vs Bayer Leverkusen match saw Lionel Messi making history by becoming the first footballer to score five goals in a single Champions League match. Barcelona v Bayer Leverkusen 7 -1 (Agg 10-2).

Barcelona vs. Bayer Leverkusen : A goal scoring machine named Messi

The defending champions of Champions League proved and reminded everyone they still are a goalscoring machine, with a piston named Lionel Messi.

Incomparable Messi scored five (5) goals and latest product of Barcelona talent pool Tello added two more as Bayern Leverkusen, one of the best German outfits, are battered heavily at Camp Nou Stadium. As the Champions League holders sealed progression to the last eight of Europe’s top elite competition as they followed up their 3-1 first-leg win in Leverkusen with a thumping victory on home soil, Barcelona’s temple Nou Camp.

Barcelona entered the Champions League game featuring Barcelona vs Bayer Leverkusen with a confident 3-1 aggregate advantage from the first leg, and amazing Messi’s exploits, his abuse of Bayer Leverkusen goalie Berndt Leno completed by a double from Champions League debutant Cristian Tello meant that Leverkusen’s Karim Bellarabi’s goal on 90th minute was only a consolation strike as Barcelona advanced by a unbelievable 10-2 aggregate margin.

Barcelona vs Bayer Leverkusen – How did the abuse happened?

Barcelona had control against Bayer Leverkusen from the early stages of the Champions League 1/8 round second game, and Messi nearly put Barcelona ahead after 11 minutes after being passed into the box by Cesc Fabregas, but Bernd Leno did very well to push the Argentine’s shot around the post.

Barcelona ‘s captain Xavi was next to threaten the already shaking Bayer Leverkusen goal, with consecutive free-kicks on 13 and 24 minutes causing trouble, but the former narrowly missed Bayer Leverkusen goal, while the latter was again parried by Leno, who had no idea he would have the nightmare of his life in the remaining minutes.

Barcelona vs Bayer Leverkusen – Messi inaugurates the goal festival for Barcelona

Barcelona vs Leverkusen game has turned into a drama for Leverkusen and a goal festival for Barcelona  as Leverkusen luck and fortunes eventually turned on 25 minutes when Messi latched onto Xavi’s chipped ball before lifting his finish beautifully over the Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper and into the net.

Barcelona pushed on for more, and Lionel Messi cut in from the right after a half-hour before having his shot blocked. In the 42nd minute, the scorer tried a similar move, but this time had space to fire an unstoppable finish into the lower-left corner, doubling Barcelona’s advantage and putting the tie beyond any doubt before half-time.

The hosts nearly got a third before the half-time break, but Leno was quick off his line to deny Fabregas, and moments later, Pedro.

Five minutes after the interval, Messi completed his hat-trick with another phenomenal effort. After receiving Cesc Fabregas’ ball over the top, the 24-year-old created just enough space to fire at goal, and again chipped his shot, leaving Leno again with no chance and abusing him badly.

Star candidate Tello joined the goal frenzy fray as a substitute on 55 minutes, and within seconds found himself at the end of Cesc’s flick, striking low into the net.

The 20-year-old made it two for him in the 62nd minute as he received the ball in a similar position, and again beat Leno with a low strike that squirmed under the custodian.

Between Tello’s strikes, Messi grabbed a fourth. The Ballon d’Or winner 2012 was initially stopped, but after Leverkusen goalkeeper Leno spilled the ball, he tapped home from close range.

Before the final exchanges, Leverkusen’s only meaningful attempt came after the tie was already decided, in the 54th minute when Eren Derdiyok beat Javier Mascherano to the byeline before striking inches wide from a tight angle.

Barcelona vs Bayer Levekusen – Messi continues to torture Leverkusen

After the hour mark, things quieted as Barcelona rested on their lead, while Leverkusen offered little resistance as the hosts dominated possession. Five minutes from full time, however, Messi scored a brilliant fifth, bending his strike from the edge of the box just inside the left post.

The Argentine’s tally was the greatest-ever for a player in a single match in Europe’s elite competition, and took his Champions League account for the season to a total 12 goals in 7 games.

Bayer Leverkusen would strike at the death as Bellarabi played a one-two with Simon Rolfes before striking a hard finish to the far post, but it was little consolation for the demoralised away side, whose defeat equalled the worst-ever result for a team in one leg in the round of 16.

Barcelona Bayer Leverkusen Video Watch how Messi scores 5 goals against Leverkusen

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In the end, Bayer Leverkusen proved no match for mighty Barcelona, and crashed out of Europe at the hands of an elite side. In progressing, Barcelona have reached the quarter-finals for the fifth consecutive season, and now wait patiently for the draw, which takes place on March 16. It was a blessing for Barcelona which probably will remain behind Real Madrid in this season’s Lal Liga race. They showed how much they desire the Champions League troph in 2012.

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