Barcelona secured their spot in the Champions League quarter-finals after an emphatic 3-0 victory over Chelsea on Wednesday night.
Here, we look at some of the key facts following Blaugrana’s victory.
Statistics courtesy of Gracenote SportsDesk.
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- Barcelona have reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the 11th season in a row (2007/08 – 2017/18), the longest streak ever in the competition.
- Only Bayern Munich (17, incl. 2017/18) have reached the last eight on more occasions than Barcelona (16).
- Lionel Messi (100) scored two goals to become the second player after Cristiano Ronaldo (117) to reach the 100-goal mark in the competition.
- Messi needed 123 appearances to score his 100th goal, 14 fewer than Ronaldo (137 matches).
- Ronaldo was 32 years and 72 days old when he reached the 100-goal mark (18 April, 2017). Messi is 30 years and 263 days old (March 14, 2018).
- Only Ronaldo (102 for Real Madrid) has scored more goals for a single side than Messi.
- Messi has now scored more Champions League goals than 111 of the 137 teams that have ever appeared in the main tournament.
- The Argentine has scored one more goal than Benfica (99) and Spartak Moscow (99), as well as just as many as Manchester City (100).
- Messi scored the opening goal after only two minutes and six seconds, his fastest goal ever in all competitions for club and country.
- Luis Suarez assisted both goals. In all competitions, only Dani Alves (40) and Andres Iniesta (38) have created more for Messi than Suarez’s 31.
