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18-04-2019 | 16:19 Football
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Lionel Messi fires warning to his teammates ahead of Liverpool showdown

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has warned his teammates that the upcoming Champions League semi-final could cost them a first European title since 2015. Two goals from Lionel Messi and another one from Philippe Coutinho secured a 4-0 aggregate win over Manchester United. While Liverpool hold a commanding 2-0 advantage over Porto ahead of tonight’s second leg in Portugal. Liverpool, closing in on their first domestic league title in 29 years, and Messi knows his side cannot afford to be anything but 100% focused. "We cannot start like this in any Champions League game," Messi told reporters. "We said that from the start, we had the experience of Roma, you can’t afford to make life hard for yourself because one mistake can knock you out of this competition. We have to be aware of that. ‘We have become much more solid, over the season we struggled a little bit at the back but the whole team is making a huge effort and that makes it far harder for opponents to attack us. ‘We had been three years without making the semi-finals but we didn’t have any negative feelings. "We knew we had a good scoreline, we’re happy to be in the semis but we must continue."

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