USMNT star now vital for ambitious Dortmund. Barcelona’s captain shone brightly at an empty Camp Nou on Saturday, driving his team into the next round; head and shoulders above the rest as he usually is and has been for far too long.Messi scored a brilliant solo goal and won the penalty for the third goal on the night as Barca went further than rivals.Midfielder Frenkie de Jong can be pleased with his night’s work, deadlock-breaker Clement Lenglet too, but the rest of Barcelona’s team owe Messi a cerveza when the season is over, especially his strike-partners Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann.Messi took a deep breath as he walked out onto the pitch, sporting the look of a man who knew he had a lot of work to do.However, Lenglet was the unlikely opening goalscorer, heading in from Ivan Rakitic’s corner after Kalidou Koulibaly bizarrely passed it out of play.Then Messi took over, notching the second with a flurry of genius, beating two men, losing his footing but picking himself up off the floor to arc an unstoppable curling effort into the far corner.Messi thought he had added a sublime second to his tally but VAR ruled against him for a slight handball as the ball brushed his arm. 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Dries Mertens had hit the post within 90 seconds as Napoli flashed Barcelona a warning signal, as if Real Madrid’s capitulation on Friday night wasn’t enough.But beyond Messi, there’s not a lot of substance to this Barcelona side, which needs a deep clean both in terms of the squad and those pulling the strings in the club offices.That was evident in the second half as Napoli dominated the ball and almost forced a nerve-racking final 10 minutes when Arkadiusz Milik headed home but his goal was disallowed for offside.Barcelona held on to their lead to win and also ensured Messi steered clear of a yellow card which would have ruled him out of the quarter-finals.As it stands, they will be up against it, but with Messi on the pitch they will always have a chance.Beyond the Barca No.10 there is not an awful lot to be excited about but with the six-time Ballon d'Or winner in the ranks they will still have a shot,'Absolute disgrace' - Man Utd penalty drama causes controversy,Over to you, Ed! Pokale und Co.: Diese Seite enthält eine komplette Übersicht über alle Titel und Erfolge des Vereins Inter - sowohl chronologisch als auch in der Einzelübersicht. Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡonˈsalo iɣwaˈin], born 10 December 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker.. Nicknamed El Pipita or Pipa, as was his father Jorge, who was also a footballer, Gonzalo Higuaín was born in France, attaining Argentine citizenship in 2007, and now holds dual nationality. The 13 trophies are lined up in one of the rooms in the bowels of the stadium that together make up the third most visited museum in the Spanish capital. His last league honours date back 13 years to 2004, proving the steady decline during his long reign.Wenger spent the intervening years trying, unsuccessfully, to replicate the success of his early campaigns.Real, record 13-times winners of the Champions League including the last three years in succession, are used to winning trophies and fans will expect a coach with lofty ambitions.Jurgen Klopp Leading Liverpool to the Champions League final, and a 3-1 defeat to Real last Saturday, won’t have done any harm to Klopp’s chances of joining the Spanish giants.But whether the easy-going, fan-hugging German fits the bill at Europe’s most successful club remains to be seen.In coaching terms Klopp’s CV stands up to scrutiny: tactics, man management and unfettered enthusiasm for the game and his players are among his biggest attributes.But the 50-year-old’s rate of success is less impressive.Klopp led Borussia Dortmund to the Champions League final in 2013, only to suffer defeat to Bayern Munich.Three other runner-up places grace Klopp’s CV, including the English League Cup (2016), the Europa League (2016) and this season’s Champions League.Jose Maria ‘Guti’ Gutierrez In the absence of a standout favourite from outside the club, Real president Florentino Perez could opt to promote from within and push their under-19s coach Jose Maria Gutierrez, known as Guti, into the Real hot seat.A former star midfielder for Real, who made over 500 appearances between 1995 and 2010, Guti’s intimate knowledge of the club would be a distinct advantage over his rivals.As coach of Real’s under-19s, Guti enjoyed regular contact with Zidane and his successful methods.On paper, the 41-year-old Guti is an outsider as he has yet to cut his coaching teeth at senior coaching level -- although, prior to his appointment in 2016, the same could be said about Zidane.The Frenchman, who made over 150 appearances for Real, became a sports director with Real in 2011 before becoming assistant to Carlo Ancelotti in 2013 and then heading the Real Madrid ‘B’ team.A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites.