Lionel Messi and Alexis Sanchez starred for Barcelona in a 3-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen in the round of 16 of the Champions League last night.
Messi scored and set up one of Sanchez's two goals to put the defending champions in control of the series following the rain-soaked first leg.
Lyon secured a slender advantage in their last 16 tie with APOEL FC by beating the Cypriot underdogs 1-0 in the
first leg at Stade Gerland.
Meanwhile Braga's hopes of contesting a second successive Europa League final were hit last night when Besiktas won the first leg of their round of 32 meeting 2-nil in Portugal.
In another match, David Fuster gave Olympiakos a 1-0 victory at Russian out-fit Rubin Kazan with a 71st-minute goal.
