By Daily Sports on September 18, 2019

Lionel Messi returned from injury to make an innocuous first appearance of the season as Barcelona escaped with a 0-0 draw at Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League opener on Tuesday.

Messi, who has missed the start of the season with a calf injury, came off the bench in a game which Barcelona were lucky not to lose after Dortmund captain Marco Reus missed a penalty and several chances in the second half.

“We played brilliantly in the second half, and it feels a bit like we have lost two points,” Dortmund defender Mats Hummels told Sky.

Reus said he felt “rubbish” after his missed penalty and insisted that Dortmund should have won the game.

“We had four or five chances, and if we had taken one of them, we would have won,” he told Sky.

“We said after the draw that we wanted to qualify for the knockout stages. If we continue to play like we did today then there shouldn’t be a problem.”

Lucien Favre’s side delivered on their pre-match promise to play fearlessly against five-time European champions Barcelona, probing the visitors from the wings and repeatedly finding gaps in the back line. (SuperSport)

•Photo shows Messi and Dortmund players 

Source Daily Sports

Posted September 18, 2019

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