Champions League

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Champions League | Group Stage

Oct 21, 2014 at 7.45pm UK

Barcelona
3-1
Ajax

Neymar (7'), Messi (24'), Ramirez (94')

FT(HT: 2-0)

El-Ghazi (88')

Half-Time Report: Neymar, Lionel Messi give Barcelona two-goal lead against Ajax

By Joe Fish, Reporter | 21 October 2014

Neymar and Lionel Messi each continue their fine goalscoring runs to give Barcelona a 2-0 half-time lead over Ajax in their Champions League match at the Camp Nou.

Neymar and Lionel Messi both continued their fine goalscoring runs to give Barcelona a 2-0 lead over Ajax at the halfway point of their Champions League clash.

The South American attacking pair have now netted in each of the Catalan side's last five matches and have 13 goals between them during that time.

Messi provided Neymar with Barcelona's eighth-minute opener at the Camp Nou when he ran across the Ajax defence before finding the Brazilian, who confidently curled first time inside the far post.

The La Liga giants doubled their lead on 24 minutes when Andres Iniesta intelligently spotted the run of Messi, whose perfect first touch allowed him to prod home from close range, despite a firm wrist from Jasper Cillessen.

Pedro was the next to benefit from the wizardry of the Argentine, but his left-footed drive came back off the post.

Iniesta nearly added his own name to the scoresheet before the break when he burst through the Ajax defence and attempted to lift the ball over Cillessen, but this time the Dutch number one's hand was strong enough.