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Barcelona breathes a sigh of relief, Luis Suarez: "Bayern Munich? 50-50"
The Catalans celebrated their immigration to the Champions League quarter-finals. The Uruguayan became the third-highest scorer at the club, Messi added more points
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Saturday, 08 August 2020, 00:10It was not easy, but in the end Barcelona managed to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Champions League. The Catalans defeated Napoli 1: 3 at the Camp Nou (2: 4 in the sum of the games), and arranged a hot date for themselves with Bayern Munich next Friday in Lisbon. Lionel Messi was once again above them all with a brilliant goal (23) and a penalty kick, which was exploited by Luis Suarez (45). Calmon Langela scored first (10), Lorenzo Insigne just shrank deep within the extra time of the first half, and Napoli would be left with only the compliments.
"The most important thing was to qualify," Luis Suarez concluded. "Our only goal was to qualify. We have to be happy with our excellent first half. Bayern? In one game, anything can happen. It's 50-50. Bayern are a great team, but we have options."
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The numbers
* Luis Suarez equaled Laszlo Cobala in third place in the table of all-time goalscorers of Barcelona, with 194. Messi first of course with 633, Cesar second with 232.
* Luis Suarez's last 16 goals in the Champions League were scored at the Camp Nou.
* Suarez is the second Uruguayan to reach 25 goals in the Champions League, after Edinson Cavani.
* All 11 Barcelona players touched the ball during Lionel Messi's marvelous goal.
* Lionel Messi has scored against 35 different teams in the Champions League throughout his career (met a total of 40 teams). Cristiano Ronaldo, in case you were wondering, did it against 33 different teams, like Raul who shares second place with him.
* The Flea has won in 16 different seasons in the Champions League, such as Karim Benzema and Ryan Giggs. Next season he will be able to equal Raul, who is at the top with 17.
* In his last six knockout games at Camp Nou, the Flea is involved in 12 goals (9 goals, three assists).
* Lorenzo Insigne became the first Italian of all time to win both the Bernabeu and the Camp Nou in the Champions League.
