Bayer Leverkusen vs Barcelona, 1st Leg
Match pulse
B04Attacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| B04 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| BAR | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Who won: Barcelona 3-1
Barcelona beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 in 1st Leg on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at BayArena. Goals for Leverkusen: Michal Kadlec (52'). Goals for Barcelona: Alexis Sánchez (41', 55') and Lionel Messi (88').
Play by play
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The hosts certainly had their chances after adopting a more attacking stance in the second half, but ultimately paid the price.
It's all over, and Leverkusen would need to score three times at the Camp Nou to have any chance of progressing.
- 94'
<b>FULL TIME</b>
- 94'
Leverkusen have a free-kick, but Castro's long, looped effort is headed wide.
- 92'
Alves flicks the ball over the defence for Messi, but the offside flag is up.
- 92'
Leverkusen looked to have worked themselves into some space in the area, but Kiessling was offside.
- 91'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Da Costa now comes on for Corluka. Leverkusen are wasting a bit of time here with these changes.
- 90'
Three minutes of added time.
- 89'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Schurrle comes off to be replaced by Bellarabi.
- 89'
That's six goals in six games for Messi in this competition.
- 88'
Messi rounds off the scoring. He played in Alves superbly, and the Brazilian unselfishly plays it back across the face for the Argentinean to turn home on the slide.
- 88'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL FOR BARCELONA!</b>
- 87'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Thiago gets a booking for a foul on Freidrich.
- 85'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Alexis comes off after a superb, and probably match-winning, performance to be replaced by Cuenca.
- 85'
Sanchez looks for Messi in the area, but the pass is cut out.
- 84'
Sanchez aims a bullet header at goal and Leno makes a stunning save!
- 83'
Pedro makes a run into the area, and his attempt to square it is knocked behind for a corner.
- 82'
Kiessling is penalised for another shoulder charge. It was 50/50 and Mascherano lost it. Didn't look a free-kick.
- 82'
Messi casually threads a ball behind the defence, but it's straight through to Leno.
- 81'
Messi bursts through into the area and gets a shot away, but he's just a little too far left and the angle makes it tricky.
- 79'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Busquets hurts himself as he tries a shoulder barge. Castro, remarkably, gets booked for being on the end of Busquets' challenge.
- 79'
Leno is able to push the ball out of the danger area as the corner comes in.
- 79'
Barca counter and win a corner.
- 78'
Castro floats a cross in for Kiessling, who dives and forces Valdes into a save at close quarters.
Leaders
B04BAR 
