[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Barcelona’s troubles in the last month have been enough to create a host of doubters, but it took only 90 minutes to silence them withan historic performance on Tuesday at the Camp Nou. Lionel Messi scored two goals in the first half, and Barca rolled to a 4-0 win over AC Milan to become thefirst team in the UEFA Champions League to ever overcome a two-goal first-leg deficit without the benefit of an away goal.

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