Barcelona easily beats Ferencváros 5-1 in Champions League

Lionel Messi opened scoring to lead Barcelona to a 5-1 win over Hungarian club Ferencváros on Tuesday in its first Champions League match since embarrassing 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich last season.

Ansu Fait, Philippe Coutinho, Pedri and Ousmane Dembélé also scored to give Barcelona opening victory in Group G. Ihor Kharatin scored Ferencváros' lone goal from a penalty that led to a straight red card to Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué with about 20 minutes left.

In or group match, Juventus won 2-0 at Dynamo Kyiv with a pair of goals by striker Álvaro Morata.

Barcelona, trying to win its first Champions League title since 2015, was trounced by Bayern in August during last season's quarterfinals. loss capped Catalan club's first season without a title since 2007-08.

Im credits: AP