Barcelona Keeps Perfect Trend In The Champions League, Bekuk Dynamo Kiev 2-1

Barcelona (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Barcelona is keeping up with their perfect trend in the Champions League this season by beating Dynamo Kiev 2-1 in the third round of Group G at the Camp Nou Stadium, Spain, Wednesday local time (Thursday WIB).

According to Antara, the result was Barcelona's third win in three matches which made them firmly on top of Group G standings with nine full points and on the verge of qualifying for the knockout stages. Meanwhile, Dynamo, who only have one point, did not move from third in the standings.

Megastar Lionel Messi opened Barcelona's lead with 12 right shots after just five minutes after he was brought down by Denys Popov in the area.

In the ninth minute Pedri hits the ball into the visitors' net using a Jordi Alba cross, but the goal is ruled out for offside.

The visitors almost returned from injury in the 36th minute with a powerful Vitalii Bulyaskyi header, but goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who finally returned from injury, made a resounding save to secure the Barcelona goal.

Seven minutes into the second half, Dynamo again forced Ter Stegen to show his brilliant action by blocking Vladyslav Supryaha's close range shot in front of goal.

Then in the 56th minute, Messi got the opportunity to score another goal from a dead ball situation, but his good execution was still pushed over by goalkeeper Ruslan Nescheret.

Barcelona's lead could only be doubled in the 65th minute in a corner when Ansu Fati sent a cross which was met by Gerard Pique's fierce header, giving Neshcheret no chance to make a turn.

The visitors' hard work paid off in the 75th minute when Ter Stegen failed to stop Benjamin Verbic's long-range shot perfectly and the ball rolled towards Dynamo captain Viktor Tsygankov, who had only to hit the net. Barcelona two, Dynamo one.

With the remaining time, Dynamo continued to try to find an equalizer but Barcelona were able to keep their lead until the end.

Dynamo will take turns hosting Barcelona in the fourth round match played after the international break at the end of November.

The composition of players:

Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Sergino Dest, Gerard Pique, Frenkie de Jong, Jordi Alba; Sergio Busquets (Clement Lenglet), Miralem Pjanic (Sergi Roberto); Pedri (Carles Alena), Lionel Messi, Ansu Fati (Trincao); Antoine Griezmann (Ousmane Dembele)

Coach: Ronald Koeman

Dynamo Kiev (4-2-3-1): Ruslan Neshcheret; Tomasz Kedziora, Illia Zabarnyi, Denys Popov, Artem Shabanov; Volodymyd Shepelev, Oleksandr Andievskyi; Viktor Tsygankov, Vitalii Buyalskyi (Bohdan Lednev), Gerson Rodrigues (Carlos de Pena); Vladyslav Supryaha (Benjamin Verbic)

Coach: Mircea Lucescu

Reporter: Gilang Galiartha