Despite hammering AS Roma 6-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday evening, Barcelona remain interested in two Giallorossi players, according to reports in France.
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“Perhaps we could have scored early on and been a bit tighter, but we tried everything”, he mused.
Barcelona had already qualified for the next phase before kickoff after Bayer Leverkusen were held 1-1 against BATE Borisov, but the victory moved the defending champions onto 13 points and the top spot in Group E with a game to spare.
Three minutes later and following lovely build up play from Suarez and Neymar, Messi lifted the ball over Szczesny from close range in typical style.
“Tomorrow when we are training we will look at ways that we can do things better”.
“The good news had arrived even before kick-off”, he told a news conference.
Lionel Messi recently completed his first full game back with Barcelona – a mid-week Champions League encounter against Roma – and did so style.
Gerard Pique also scored on a tap-in, while Adriano crashed in Barca’s sixth after a Neymar penalty was saved by Wojciech Szczesny.
A Dzeko penalty was saved by Marc-Andre ter Stegen after he was fouled by Thomas Vermaelen before the Bosnian striker finally found the net in the dying seconds.
Neymar and Suarez have shouldered much of the burden in attack this season after Messi was sidelined by knee ligament damage at the end of September but the Argentina superstar marked his return to the starting line-up with a brace as Roma were put to the sword.
With the maximum confidence after beating its no. 1 rival Real Madrid 4-0 in an away game at Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday, Barcelona once again witnessed the goal-scoring Lionel Messi after a long time.
Cristiano Ronaldo won the award a year ago, but can he back it up and win his fourth award for the best player in the world? The three were heavily involved in three of Barcelona’s six goals on a night when coach Luis Enrique’s side could have had a lot more.
“I’m not sure if this is one of the keys to the team’s success, but it is true we get on really well and try to enjoy every game we play”, he said, according to Marca.
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After a brief period of respite, Roma brought Salih Ucan off the bench but within seconds he had fouled Neymar in the box.
