CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL 1ST LEG: HOW IT HAPPENED.

MESSI DESTROYS BAYERN, THE OLD LADY TAKE A LEAD TO THE BERNABEU.

Four teams left standing to the road to Berlin, Barcelona will take a healthy lead to Bayern after a 15minute cameo that Messi absolutely dazzled the Bavarians defense. Underdogs Juventus, have a slight advantage heading into the second leg at the Bernabeu, but the tie is far from over.


BARCELONA 3 - 0 BAYERN MUNICH

Two moments of enchantment from Lionel Messi and a late goal from Neymar gave Barcelona a 3-0 win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.

The conflict at Camp Nou denoted the first time since his departure from Barca in 2012 that Pep Guardiola had met the group he prompted 14 noteworthy trophies in four years.

Guardiola had marked Messi "relentless" in the build up to the match and his words demonstrated prophetic as Messi destroyed Bayern with two sublime late goals.

Having seen Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer disappoint Barca for a significant part of the match, the two sides looked set to go to the Allianz Arena one week from now with the tie finely balanced at 0-0.

However, Messi, playing in his 100th European game, delivered another shining showcase to place Barca in summon, breaking the deadlock with a grating 77th-minute opener.

What's more, the Argentina forward multiplied his count after three minutes with a radiant solo goal before a stoppage time third from Neymar viably finished the tie as Barca went somehow to picking up a measure of vengeance for the 7-0 aggregate misfortune to Bayern at the same stage two years back.


JUVENTUS 2 - 1 REAL MADRID

Carlos Tevez's penalty gave Juventus an essential lead as they beat Real Madrid 2-1 in Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first leg.

Juve, delegated Serie A champions for a fourth year consecutively on Saturday, were compensated for a splendid begin when previous Real striker Alvaro Morata opened the scoring from short proximity in Turin.

Massimiliano Allegri's side were soon pegged back, however, as Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored three times against Juve in last season's group stages, headed home a short proximity equalizer from James Rodriguez's great cross.

Holders Real squandered an extraordinary opportunity presently before the break when Rodriguez by one means or another headed against the crossbar from three yards with the goal unguarded.

That miss at last proved costly as Juve were granted a penalty just before the hour when Dani Carvajal felled Tevez, and the Argentina forward determinedly dispatched his spot-kick.

Juve consequently hold a slight advantage going into the second leg next week in Madrid, despite the fact that Ronaldo's away goal, his 76th in the Champions League, equal with his extraordinary opponent Lionel Messi, could demonstrate significant.