It’s safe to say that Borussia Monchengladbach didn’t have a sniff in the opening stanza at the Camp Nou on Tuesday.
Barcelona took its passing game to unprecedented levels, playing 583 balls around the park and leaving its German visitor scrambling for just a few seconds of possession.
583 – Since data collection (03/04), no team has played as many passes in a CL first half as Barcelona today (583). Dominance. #FCBBorussia pic.twitter.com/4bHoCg3IHo
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) December 6, 2016
This overwhelming superiority from Luis Enrique’s lot only yielded one strike in the first half of the Champions League group meeting, however, when Lionel Messi exchanged passes with Arda Turan before poking the leather spheroid beyond Yann Sommer.
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