Barcelona vs Spartak Moscow game saw a Barcelona sweating hard to win their Champions League opener vs a highly focused Spartak Moscow at Camp Nou. Barcelona and Messi came from behind to score two goals and defeated Spartak Moscow 3-2 at Camp Nou. Bur there are buts about Barcelona’s football

Barcelona vs Spartak Moscow Champions League / NationalTurk –  Lionel Messi 2 + Barcelona 1 – Spartak Moscow 2 = 3-2 win for Barcelona vs Spartak Moscow, as Lionel Messi helped Barcelona avoid a rare loss vs Soartak Moscow at Camp Nou.

There were no tears from Lionel Messi as he left the Camp Nou pitch after this Barcelona vs Spartak Moscow Champions League game – just that familiar smile after another two-goal performance that secured a come-from-behind victory after he walked off the same pitch of Nou Camp in tears last year when Chelsea eliminated Barcelona in a most dramatic fashion.

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But Lionel Messi, who equaled a European Cup record with 14 goals in the last campaign, and another one by becoming the second player who has scored at least twice in 10 Champions League games after legendary Raul Gonzales,  tapped in Cristian Tello’s pass to make it 2-2 in the 71st and headed in Alexis Sanchez’s cross in the 80th to keep Barcelona undefeated in 17 straight home games at their temple Camp Nou in Europe.

It was Barcelona’s Messi’s fourth double in seven games this season for a total of 10 goals vs Spartak Moscow

For a while, it looked like Spartak Moscow would spring another upset at Camp Nou, as the Russians fought back after Cristian Tello’s 14th-minute opener to lead 2-1 in the second half of Barcelona vs Spartak Moscow match. The Russian club leveled through Dani Alves’ own goal in the 29th and Romulo then struck in the 59th minute to give the visitors an unexpected advantage vs Barcelona.

Cristian Tello ( Messi was well accompanied by Tello in attack, with Alexis starting on the bench after just being cleared by team doctors ) drew first blood in the 13th minute of game, but Spartak Moscow came up with reactive measures soon afterwards. Emmanuel Emenike came up with a well placed cross that Dani Alves accidentally sent into his own net.

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Barcelona was left stunned at the hour mark when Spartak Moscow came up with an excellent counter-attack. Romulo blazed pass all defenders to fire one up for Spartak Moscow. The goal put Spartak Moscow in the lead for the first time in the game.

Spartak Moscow’s second goal was as good a watch as any of Barcelona goals. What a brilliant buildup by Moscow.

Moscow continued to soak up Barcelona’s pressure after halftime of Barcelona vs Spartak Moscow match and was soon on the verge of a surprising win.

Romulo capped a nice team build-up by taking a pass from Aiden McGeady, dribbling past Barcelona’s Adriano before slotting under goalkeeper Victor Valdes to deservedly put Spartak ahead and send shudders through the watching Camp Nou crowd.

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After weathering some more scares by Spartak, who got more and more encouraged, Cristan Tello teed up Lionel Messi for his first goal by squirming down the left side of the box, drawing the defense and laying off for the forward to fire into the Moscow net.The Argentinean football prodigy tapped in two goals with the help of deadly crosses from Cristian Tello and Alexis Sanchez.

However, defeating Barcelona at Camp Nou is easier said than done. In the final 20 minutes of Barcelona vs Spartak Moscow game Barcelona pushed Spartak attack which resulted in two goals from Lionel Messi. Barcelona literally thrust the goal into Spartak Moscow’s net.

Barcelona pressed for the winner with forwards David Villa and Alexis on as substitutes, and the Chile international soon picked out Messi at the far post to head in his cross and claim the hard-fought win.

“To talk about Messi is to talk about excellence in football,” said Unai Emery, who has never beaten Barcelona in 13 games with Almeria, Valencia and now Spartak Moscow. “It is very tough to stop Messi.”

Lionel Messi after Barcelona vs Spartak Moscow game said : “It’s not easy to win a game like that when the other team sits back and defends,” told Uefa.com in an interview. ‘ They have very fast forwards and played well on the counterattack.’

“It’s to our credit that we were able to fight back and win such a complicated game,” continued Lionel Messi. “It wasn’t easy. We couldn’t find spaces, and Spartak Moscow forwards were very fast and strong and they played well on the counterattack.”

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Last April, Lionel Messi’s failure to finish had left him distraught and cost Barcelona a place in the Champions League final. But after being held in check by Spartak Moscow for the most of the game, the Argentina forward’s late goals, who has preserved his energy, ensured Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova enjoyed his European debut in this Barcelona vs Spartak Moscow Champions League opener.

“I think this game will do us good. It is easy to think that since we are Barcelona we will win with ease,” said Tito Vilanova, who helped Barcelona lift the Champions League trophy in 2009 and 2011 as ex-Barca manager Pep Guardiola’s assistant. “But this has never been easy in the 4 years I have been with this team. We have struggled in the group phase at Champions League  before, but tonight we managed to come back and win vs a good Spartak Moscow and that shows that the team still has the desire to win.”

Alex Song made his debut for Barcelona in European competition. The former Arsenal midfielder filled in for Gerard Pique, who got injured 12 minutes after the game started. Nonetheless, this big change in the lineup did not prevent Barcelona from their usual possesion style of play. Barcelona’s injury problems mounted in the 12th minute when defender Gerard Pique had to be replaced by Alex Song after he sprained his left foot. The club states Pique would be out for several weeks.

Cesc Fabregas made the starting lineup in place of the injured Andres Iniesta in midfield, while Javier Mascherano started in defense in place of defender Carles Puyol, who was also out due to a knee injury.

At Barcelona vs Spartak Moscow game Spartak Moscow’s defense was impressive. The Russian side was playing away and under different weather conditions, but that didn’t affect their concentration for most of the Barcelona vs Sapartak Moscow match.

Barcelona vs Spartak Moscow : Managers’ comments after the match

After failing to threaten Barcelona’s area in the first minutes of Barcelona vs Spartak Moscow game, Moscow equalized when former Fenerbahce player Nigerian striker Emmanuel Emenike surged by Mascherano and sent in a low cross that Alex Song failed to intercept and Dani Alves redirected into his own net in a botched attempt to clear.

“We weren’t expecting (Spartak coach Unai) Emery’s game plan,” Tello said, referring to Spartak’s mixture of playing deep and looking to counterattack with moments of seeking to control possession. “It surprised me a lot. They caused us a lot of problems.” “We wanted to have the ball to defuse Barcelona’s pressure, and we were able to do so during spells, but Barcelona can break open the game in a matter of a couple of minutes.” added Unai Emery, whose luck never shines with non of the teams he managed.

Barcelona enjoyed as expected most of the possession vs Spartak Moscow. The paragon of possesion football in the World possessed the ball for more 70% of the 90 minutes at Barcelona vs Spartak Moscow match.

Barcelona also came up with the majority of the attacks. They had six shots on target from a total 18 attempts. On the other hand, Spartak Moscow took six shot on goal from which only two were on target., and they were goals

Barcelona ‘s next Champions League game fixture will be away vs Benfica, while Spartak Moscow will hosts Scottish champions Celtics at home turf. As Barcelona vs Spartak Moscow game was a thriller, the other game of this group was a bore. Celtics played a goalless draw vs Benfica.

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