Lionel Messi’s hat-tricks: 50 and counting

Lionel Messi’s hat-tricks: 50 and counting

Lionel Messi has racked up a remarkable 50 trebles for Barcelona and Argentina to date and is showing no signs of slowing down. UEFA.com crunches the numbers behind Messi's hat-trick heroics.Messi's first career treble came against Real Madrid in March 2007, his most recent against Sevilla in February 2019; in over a decade of goalscoring, the Argentinian has returned eight hat-tricks in the UEFA Champions League, 32 in the Spanish Liga, three in the Copa del Rey, one in the Spanish Super Cup and a further six at international level. Messi's hat-tricks by numbers

Europa League knockout records and statistics

Europa League knockout records and statistics

PlayersMost appearances38 Eduardo Salvio (Atlético Madrid, Benfica)33= Óscar Cardozo (Benfica, Trabzonspor, Olympiacos)  33= Kevin Gameiro (Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Valencia)31 Daniel Carriço (Sporting CP, Sevilla)30= Luisão (Benfica)30= Vitolo (Sevilla, Atlético Madrid)27= Adil Rami (LOSC Lille, Valencia, Sevilla, Marseille)27= Vicente Iborra (Levante, Sevilla, Villarreal)26UEFA.com - News

Atlético 2-0 Juventus: Champions League at a glance

Atlético 2-0 Juventus: Champions League at a glance

All you need to know in 60 seconds ...Centre-backs José María Giménez and Diego Godín struck in the final 13 minutes to give Atlético the advantage in this round of 16 tie. Chances were few and far between in the first half with a free-kick the closest either side came – Juventus's Cristiano Ronaldo stinging the palms of Jan Oblak early on before Atléti forward Antoine Griezmann called Wojciech Szczęsny into action.

Spurs, Chelsea among Youth League play-off winners

Spurs, Chelsea among Youth League play-off winners

Last season's UEFA Youth League runners-up Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Dinamo Zagreb and debutants Hertha Berlin won through to the round of 16 on Tuesday. Dynamo Kyiv and Midtjylland beat Juventus and Roma respectively to join them in the first of Wednesday's four remaining play-off ties. The eight teams from the Domestic Champions path are at home to the eight UEFA Champions League path group runners-up in one-off ties. Winners through to round of 16: knockout draw streamed live at 14CET on Friday. Play-off fixtures/results

Lyon 0-0 Barcelona: Champions League at a glance

Lyon 0-0 Barcelona: Champions League at a glance

All you need to know in 60 seconds ...Both goalkeepers were busy on a frenetic, but ultimately goalless, night at the OL Stadium. The formative stages were frantic with Barça's Ousmane Dembélé sweeping wide and OL's Houssem Aouar testing Marc-André ter Stegen, who then had to tip Martin Terrier's drive on to the bar. Anthony Lopes darted from his line to thwart Dembélé as the high tempo persisted before Terrier went close from a scintillating Lyon move just before the interval.Lionel Messi was a threat throughout and called Lopes into action again after half-time before Luis Suárez fired wide as the visitors... UEFA.com

All you need to know: UEFA Europa League round of 16 draw

All you need to know: UEFA Europa League round of 16 draw

Who is in the draw?The 16 winning sides following the round of 32 deciders: Lazio (ITA) / Sevilla (ESP)Fenerbahçe (TUR) / Zenit (RUS)Galatasaray (TUR) / Benfica (POR)BATE Borisov (BLR) / Arsenal (ENG)Olympiacos (GRE) / Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)Rennes (FRA) / Real Betis (ESP)Krasnodar (RUS) / Bayer Leverkusen (GER)Slavia Praha (CZE) / Genk (BEL)Rapid Wien (AUT) / Internazionale Milano (ITA)Sporting CP (POR) / Villarreal (ESP)Celtic (SCO) / Valencia (ESP)Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) / Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)Malmö (SWE) / Chelsea (ENG)Zürich (SUI) / Napoli (ITA)Club Brugge (BEL) / ... UEFA.com - News