2011/2012赛季欧冠联赛1/4决赛第2回合迎来一场焦点战役。在诺坎普球场,卫冕冠军巴塞罗那主场3比1轻取意甲领头羊AC米兰,并以3比1的总比分晋级四强。梅西点球梅开二度,伊涅斯塔锁定胜局,诺切里诺一度帮助AC米兰扳平比分,皮克因伤离场。巴萨欧冠连续16场不败创俱乐部历史新高,同时成为欧冠改制后第一支连续五年只要晋级八强就肯定能晋级四强的球队。巴萨本赛季主场保持不败,AC米兰各项比赛中3场不胜。
Fans at the Nou Camp showed their love for the club’s all-time top scorer Messi before the match. The banner says "you are unique, you are great," and the playmaker displayed his greatness early.
7th minute, Messi with the cross to Daniel Alves, and on to Thiago Alcantara,but an offside call kept the score 0-0. Barca’s usually impeccable passing game, slightly off-the-mark.
The Bilbao ’keeper foiled Messi’s free-kick try later in the first half. It was still scoreless through halftime.
Barca stayed aggressive.Messi sent a ball ahead to Andres Iniesta and he found the top of the net from the penalty area. The Nou Camp fans started the celebration at 1-0.
58th minute, Cristian Tello went down, and the referee awarded a penalty.
Messi tucked away the spot kick to seal a 2-0 victory for the champions over Athletic Bilbao.
Also on the day in La Liga, Cristiano Ronaldo inspired Real Madrid to a big 5-1 win at Osasuna. The league-leaders hit the 100-goal mark this season. Malaga lost 2-0 at home to Real Betis. Racing Santander lost 1-0 at home to Granada after conceding an 89th-minute penalty, and slipped to 19th place with 25 points, the same as Sporting, which is at the bottom of the standings.
And looking at the table in Spain, Real Madrid holds 78 points and is a step closer to its first league title in four years. There are just eight matches to go. Barcelona is second with 72 points, fourth-placed Malaga stays level on 47 points with Valencia, which plays on Sunday. Osasuna stands sixth with 43 points.