It's safe to say that every fan expects their star players to help their team when things get tough. Unfortunately for Barça fans, there seems to be a common ground in all of their UEFA Champions League eliminations since Lionel Messi's debut.
The Argentine superstar has been involved in nine UEFA Champions League exits with Barcelona since his debut, and he hasn't helped a bit in any of those. As these numbers will tell you, Messi hasn't been able to step up neither as a sub or as a starter.
"Messi has scored no goals in two-legged ties in which Barcelona has been eliminated from the UEFA Champions League."
Cero goles de Lionel Messi en eliminatorias de Champions en que cayó eliminado el Barcelona pic.twitter.com/bEXeYWkEo9
— LaLigaEnNúmeros (@laligaennumeros) April 10, 2018
Needless to say, things haven't gone Barcelona's way in their most recent trips to Italy when playing a KO-stage game.
Different year, same result for Barcelona pic.twitter.com/kHt8Duv3jc
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) April 10, 2018
Now, Messi and Co. will have to settle with the La Liga title and a possible Copa del Rey triumph, but the one they really wanted has slipped out of their hands...
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