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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Sport
Colin Millar

Barcelona fans chant for Lionel Messi as they crash out of Champions League

Barcelona fans chanted for former star Lionel Messi as they watched their side crash out of the Champions League group stage again on Wednesday night.

Xavi Hernandez's Barca were eliminated from Europe's premier club competition at the first hurdle for the second successive season, despite a full round of group stage matches remaining following Inter's four-goal victory over Viktoria Plzen earlier on Wednesday.

Messi joined Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year contract a year ago from Barcelona as a free agent. The sensational move played out after the Catalan giants were unable to register the Argentine superstar with a new contract due to strict Financial Fair Play compliance laws by La Liga. His contract at PSG will expire this summer.

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