Champions League Group D: Barcelona 5-1 Panathinaikos
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Lionel Messi scored twice and and missed a penalty as Barcelona started their Champions League campaign with a convincing 5-1 success over Panathinaikos at the Camp Nou.
Sidney Govou had fired the visitors into a shock lead but Barcelona recovered swiftly with a brace from Messi either side of David Villa's strike before the interval.
Messi fluffed his hat-trick chance with a tame penalty in the second period before Pedro RodrÃguez and Daniel Alves added gloss to the scoreline with late efforts.
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Sidney Govou had fired the visitors into a shock lead but Barcelona recovered swiftly with a brace from Messi either side of David Villa's strike before the interval.
Messi fluffed his hat-trick chance with a tame penalty in the second period before Pedro RodrÃguez and Daniel Alves added gloss to the scoreline with late efforts.
Also see:
- Champions League Group D: FC Copenhagen 1-0 Rubin Kazan
- Champions League Group C: Man United 0-0 Rangers
- Champions League Group C: Bursaspor 0-4 Valencia
- Champions League Group B: Lyon 1-0 Schalke
- Champions League Group B: Benfica 2-0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
- Champions League Group A: Twente 2-2 Inter Milan
- Champions League Group A: Werder Bremen 2-2 Tottenham
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