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A goal, a decisive pbad: Lionel Messi has offered the first place of his group to FC Barcelona, already qualified, during a painstaking success against PSV Eindhoven (2-1), Wednesday, during the 5th day of the League champions.
Because, as often when the Catalans do not fare, it is Messi who delivered his teammates, well served by Ousmane Dembélé (61st) to register his 6th goal in C1 this season.
Scorer, the Argentinean then became smuggler for Gerard Piqué, less than ten minutes later, on a free kick well cut by the international defender (70th).
With 13 points to a day of the end of the group stage, Barça can not be caught either by Tottenham or Inter Milan, which fell in London (1-0). English and Italians will compete, remotely, the last qualifying ticket on the 6th and final day.
But it was complicated! The Blaugranas, too clumsy, have long let the PSV dictate the pace. They owed their salvation only to Marc André Ter Stegen, all lucky to see Gaston Pereiro find only the right post (16th) and Luuk de Jong the bar (44th).
But the Spaniards have a fatal weapon and it is the Pulga who had the last word, the goal of De Jong (83) for the PSV arriving much too late.
So that's Barça and its five Champions League in the round of 16 for the fourteenth time in a row. Thanks WHO?
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