Tuesday, February 20, 2018

UEFA Champions League: Leo The Lion's Equalizer Gains Series-Opening Road Draw Flor Barca; Bayern Blast Shorthanded Black Eagles

The UEFA Champions League's Round of 16 resumed on Tuesday with two games.



At London:


Lionel Messi's equalizer in the 75th minute carried Barcelona to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with Chelsea.


It had taken nine games, but Leo the Lion finally scored a goal against Chelsea.


Willian scored for the Blues in the 62nd minute.


Here's Barca's Luis Suarez (right), battling the Blues' Victor Moses for the ball.


Associated Press photo by Frank Augstein



At Munich, Germany:


Thomas Muller (43', 66') and Robert Lewandowski (79', 88') each scored twice as Bayern Munich opened their two-game series with a 5-0 frontier-styled home fist-beating of ten-man Besiktas.


Kingsley Coman, who scored for Bayern in the 53rd minute, is seen here celebrating with the aforementioned Mr. Lewandowski.


DPA photo via Associated Press by Matthias Balk

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