Camp Nou

Leo Messi sitting in the stands added to his disciples' insistence he is indispensable and his detractors asking if he has lost interest at Barcelona.

Barcelona were more dominant in Kiev than they had been in Camp Nou against the same opposition despite the absence of Messi and several starters.

While barcelonismo keep the bellows chugging away on the embers of the Lenglet penalty affair, the Champions League is back, writes Alfredo Relaño.