Messi, the "Messiah" of Barҫa

FC Barcelona	3-2	Spartak Moscow
●Tello 14' ●Messi 71’ ●Messi 80’		●Dani Alves(OG) 29' ●Romulo 58'

(September 19, 2012)

The Camp Nou crowd were not silence though they were worried a bit. Because only 20 minutes left to finish the game and FC Barcelona was trailing by 2-1. Spartak Moscow was dreaming to beat FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou.

FC Barcelona was trying hard but was unable to broke Spartak Moscow’s defense. At that time Messi was appeared as savior and Messi became “Messiah”.

In the 71^st minute Tello crossed the ball to Messi from the left end on the edge of the box and Messi tapped to level the scoreline 2-2. Messi didn’t want to waste the time and that’s why he didn’t celebrate.

He celebrated in the 80^th minute along with whole Camp Nou. This time he scored from another cross. Sánchez crossed the ball from the right end and Messi scored his second with a rare head.

The win was obtainable for FC Barcelona in Camp Nou. They attacked over Spartak Moscow’s defense many times but they visitors defended strongly. First goal of the match came in 16^th minute from Tello. But in 29^th minute Dani Alves scored own goal from Emenike’s cross. In the second half the visitor’s score their second. Romulo made it 2-1 and Barca were behind. After that Messi rescues FC Barcelona once again.

Team Line-ups:

FC Barcelona	Spartak Moscow
1.Víctor Valdés	31.Andriy Dykan
2.Dani Alves(9.Alexis Sánchez 64')	2.Juan Insaurralde
3.Gerard Piqué(25.Alex Song 12')	7.Kirill Kombarov(34.Evgeniy Makeyev 45')
14.Javier Mascherano	17.Marek Suchy
21. Adriano Correia	23.Dmitriy Kombarov
16.Sergio Busquests	6.Rafael Carioca
6.Xavi Hernández	8.Aiden McGeady
4.Cesc Fàbregas	21.Kim Kallstrom(19.Jose Jurado 79')
17.Pedro Rodríguez	37.Romulo
10 Lionel Messi	9.Ari(10.Artem Dzyuba 83')
37.Christian Tello(7.David Villa 74')	29.Emmanuel Emenike

Match Statistics:

FC Barcelona		Spartak Moscow
18(6)	Shots (On target)	6(2)
72%	Ball Possession	28%
4	Fouls	16
8	Corner Kicks	3
5	Offsides	1
1	Clean Sheets	3
1	Yellow Cards	5
0	Red Cards	0