Goal: Coates 49′ own goal

Barca faced many difficulties right from the beginning of the match due to Sporting’s determined playing style.

Barca also lacked the necessary accuracy to score in the first half.

Sporting’s defense succeeded in preventing Messi from scoring.

After being `silent` in the win over Girona last weekend, Messi once again appeared unlucky with Sporting.

Playing somewhat underdogs, Sporting also had many situations that made Barca fans’ hearts skip a beat.

The finish was not too outstanding, Barca had to rely on luck to get the only goal that brought three points.

Luis Suarez’s header led to Coates’ own goal.

The loss made Sporting play more explosively than in the first half.

Barca almost only had one more chance in the second half when Messi made the ball on the right side of the penalty area.

Winning the match with the minimum score, Barca got six points after two rounds of the Champions League group stage.

Being silent for two consecutive matches has prevented Messi from improving his record of scoring 11 goals in the first eight matches of the season.

Second match of the Champions League group stage

Thursday September 28

Table ABasel 5-0 Benfica

(Lang 2, Oberlin 20 & 69, Van Wolfswinkel pen 60, Riveros 76)CSKA Moscow 1-4 Man Utd

(Kuchaev 90 – Lukaku 4, 27, Martial pen 17, Mkhitaryan 57)

Table BAnderlecht 0-3 Celtic

(Griffith 38, Roberts 50, Sinclair 90+3)PSG 3-0 Bayern

(Dani Alves 2, Cavani 31, Neymar 63)

Table Atletico Madrid 1-2 Chelsea

(Griezmann pen 40 – Morata 60, Batshuayi 90+4)Qarabag 1-2 Roma

(Henrique 28 – Manolas 7, Dzeko 15)

Table D

Juventus 2-0 Olympiakos

(Higuain 60, Mandzukic 80)Sporting Lisbon 0-1 Barca

(Sebastian Coates own goal 49

Wednesday September 27

Table ESevilla 3-0 Maribor

(Ben Yedder 27, 38, pen 83)Spartak Moscow 1-1 Liverpool

(Fernando 23 – Coutinho 31)

Table FMan City 2-0 Shakhtar Donetsk

(De Bruyne 48, Sterling 90)Napoli 3-1 Feyenoord

(Insigne 7, Mertens 49, Callejon 70 – Amrabat 90+3)

Table Besiktas 2-0 RB Leipzig

(Babel 11, Talisca 43)Monaco 0-3 Porto

(Aboubakar 31, 69, Layun 89)

Table HAPOEL Nicosia 0-3 Tottenham

(Harry Kane 39, 62, 67)Dortmund 1-3 Real Madrid

(Aubameyang 54 – Bale 18, Ronaldo 50, 79)