Barcelona won a great 4-1 victory at home to AS Roma in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final duel this season which was held at Camp Nou on Thursday (5/4) early morning hrs.
The hosts had a high ball possession since the first minute, but they were difficult to face the discipline of Rome's defense. New in the 18th minute Barcelona got a chance to mature, but Ivan Rakitic shot hit the goalpost.
Ten minutes later, Barcelona again have a chance to reap the benefits. Only this time there is a crucial salvage Alisson Becker who successfully brushed off the right leg kick Luis Suarez cooperation with Lionel Messi.
His rearguard meeting Roma finally broke out in the 38th minute thanks to an own goal Daniele De Rossi. Roma mainstay midfielder was originally about to bait Andres Iniesta bait to Messi, but instead slid into the goal itself.
Four minutes ahead of halftime Roma got a chance through a thin free kick execution outside the penalty box, but Lorenzo Pellegrini's kick hit the opposing player. Score 1-0 for Barcelona lasted until halftime.
The start of the second half was also unfriendly for Roma, with the Serie A representative was again conceded through an own goal in the 55th minute. The action of Samuel Umtiti who hit the pole made the ball about Kostas Manolas and landed into Alisson's goal.
Roma is getting left behind after Gerard Pique scored Barcelona's third goal in this match. Alisson had dismissed Suarez's effort in the 60th minute, but the wild ball successfully struck the Spanish national team's mainstay defender to make the Nou Camp rumble.
Edin Dzeko enliven the Roma in this fight with thinned behind in the 80th minute. The Bosnian-Herzegovina striker continues Diego Perotti's pass with an accurate shot that Marc-Andre ter Stegen can not stop.
However, the positive momentum did not continue with Barcelona re-enlarge excellence three minutes ahead of the fight ended through Suarez's first goal in the Champions League this season, which also locked the score 4-1 for Barcelona.
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