BARCELONA HELD TO A NIL-NIL DRAW BY LYON
Lyon held on to a 0-0 Champions League draw at home to Barcelona on Tuesday, as Ernesto Valverde’s men wasted many opportunities.
Barcelona slumped to a fourth draw in five matches across all competitions as they were held to a 0-0 stalemate away to Lyon in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash.
Ernesto Valverde’s men were far from their intense best and were particularly wasteful in front of goal, as Lionel Messi struggled to produce the kind of match-winning display many have come to expect every time he takes to the pitch.
Barca generally controlled the entertaining first half and created some promising opportunities, but were it not for two excellent early saves from Marc-Andre ter Stegen they could have found themselves trailing.
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