The last sixteen game on Tuesday, February 14 between FC Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen 04 ended 3 -1. The game was played at the BayArena in Leverkusen, Germany. The match started of slow in the first half with only one goal, but then it changed in the second half with three goals.
FC Barcelona took the lead when Lionel Messi passed it beautifully to Alexis Sanchez who scored in the 41st minute. Then in the 52nd minute, Leverkusen took it's first chance and scored with header by Left-Fullback Michal Kudlec, but Barca came back and won the game in the 55th and 89th minute with two goals scored by Sanchez and Messi.
Bayer Leverkusen started the game with too much respect for an too defensive so that Barcelona scored in the 41st minute. "We deserved that 0:1 goal. We were good on the field, but we had a little too much respect", said Leverkusen's Sports Manager Rudi Völler. Barcelona had it's first chance in the 12th minute, when Dani Alves just missed a freekick from 30 meters and about one minute later, Daniel Schwaab cleared Messi's shot in the penalty area. After that, about four mnutes before half time, Lars Bender from Leverkusen lost the ball to Messi, who made a long pass to Sanchez, who scored it.
The game changed in the second half. After the ball was crossed from V. Corluka to Kadlec, who got to the ball before Sanchez and scored 1:1 at the long post. Barcelona didn't give up though and came right back, when Fabregas passed to wide open Sanchez, who outran Leno and scored again. Then both teams had a few chances in the 57th, 61st and 72nd minutes. While Barca's trainer Pep Guardiola didn't have Xavi, Michael Ballack, the "Capitano" of Leverkusen and Ex-National player of Germany couldn't play the game either, because of the injury on the Sunday before.Statistics:
Referee: Craig Thomson
Goals: 0:1 Sanchez (41.), 1:1 Kadlec (52.), 1:2 Sanchez (55.), 1:3 Messi (89.
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