Edmonton Journal

BARCE LONA ON A TEAR

- The Associated Press

Barcelona’s strikers have 112 goals this season, just one reason why the team is poised to reach the Champions League final. Lionel Messi scored a pair of highlight-reel goals in the first leg of the semifinal against Bayern Munich, igniting the crowd before setting up Neymar to make it 3-0. Messi has 53 goals this season, including a Champions League-leading 10.

Neymar has scored in his last six appearance­s, and took his season tally to 35 goals on Saturday by netting Barcelona’s first in a 2-0 win over Real Sociedad that left it one win away from the Spanish league title.

Luis Suarez has added 24 goals despite missing the first two months of the season as he completed a four-month ban for biting an opponent at the World Cup.

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