(GSM) – Two goals from Lionel Messi helped Barcelona into the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday with a 4-0 win over Stuttgart – 5-1 on aggregate.
Messi gave the home side the lead in the 13th minute with a phenomenal solo effort, his 60-yard concluding with a blistering drive beyond Jens Lehmann
It was 2-0 just nine minutes later when Pedro took a nice layback pass from Yaya Touré before slamming home.
It got worse for Stuttgart on the hour mark when Messi bagged his second from 20 yards away, and Bojan Krkic notched the fourth a minute from time when he converted a nice ball by Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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