Barcelona lead Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 in this match and 6-1 on aggregate, but to be honest the match has been incredibly boring. It took Lionel Messi 42 minutes to break the deadlock (and snap his own mini-scoreless streak) at the Donbass Arena with a neat finish powered past Andriy Pyatov, but aside from that, very little has happened. Gerard Pique was temporarily off with a head injury at one point, which is notable only in the fact that it's the only other thing I can remember happening.
Shakhtar Donetsk Vs. FC Barcelona, 2011 UEFA Champions League: Messi Goal Puts Barcelona Ahead At Half Time
Anyway, the Messi goal was pretty much typical Barcelona. Dani Alves was in an advanced position on the right, threaded the ball towards the centre for Missi to pick up, leading to the forward somehow skipping past two sliding tackles from different directions at the same time and crashing the ball home before he touched the ground again. Sometimes he’s a little bit unfair.
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