The Champions League is back and fans of "Barcelona" are waiting anxiously for the second round of the tournament. Will the Catalans manage to win in Germany and properly replace the injured team leader Lionel Messi? However, the portal goal.com has counted and supported its theory statistically. It is claimed that the "Barcelona" team wins more often in the strongest continental tournament without the titled Argentine. The website counted that in 34 tournament matches without L.Messi, "Barcelona" won 22 victories, which is 64.7 percent. With the prolific player, in 98 matches, 60 victories were won - 61.2 percent. However, the Argentine guarantees more productive attacks - an average of 2.2 scored goals against 1.8.
