On Wednesday night, it became clear that the strongest teams from Spain and Germany will battle in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.
Aside from the drawing ceremony of the Madrid "Real" and Dortmund "Borussia" clubs, which will take place on Friday at 13:00 Lithuanian time in the Swiss city of Nyon, representatives of Barcelona and Munich's Bayern teams will also eagerly await the event.
The Catalans played a 1-1 draw with PSG in front of their own fans and advanced to the next stage due to two away goals scored - the match in Paris last week ended 2-2.
Messi watched from the bench how the visitors took the lead early in the second half after Javier Pastore's shot, but then the Argentine forward joined in the decisive combination, which ended with Pedro Rodriguez scoring for Barca.
Meanwhile, the "Bavarians" once again showed superiority with the same margin, 2-0, but this time in Turin, against the local Juventus players. The goals for the winners were scored in the second half by Mario Mandzukic and Claudio Pizarro.
Results:
"Barcelona" 1 - 1 PSG (first leg 2 - 2, aggregate score 3 - 3) 50' [0 - 1] J. Pastore 71' [1 - 1] P. Rodriguez
Turin "Juventus" 0 - 2 Munich "Bayern" (first leg 0 - 2, aggregate score 0 - 4) 64' [0 - 1] M. Mandzukic 90' [0 - 2] C. Pizarro