Barcelona 3-0 Chelsea (Aggregate 4-1): 5 Talking Points

#3 Vintage Barcelona and the promise of youth

Dembele celebrates with Messi after scoring

Even when Chelsea tried to gain control of the game, Barcelona would steal the ball off them, switch to third gear, pass the ball around, and on occasion try to take the mickey out of them with some eye-catching backheels and flicks.

This was enabled by the sheer quality on offer as Chelsea did not sit back and let Barcelona run the show as opposed to what Manchester United did in a pedestrian performance against Sevilla just last night.

The defenders were solid and even though Chelsea used Olivier Giroud's physical capabilities to bounce off him to good effect, Pique and Umtiti never shied away from hurling themselves around and putting their body on the line to prevent Chelsea from getting a goal.

Marcos Alonso had the chance to go-on at goal from inside the box on 3 to 4 separate occasions, but Barcelona made sure he only ever tested ter Stegen once.

Ousmane Dembele, the boy who they paid the big bucks for, is starting to justify his price tag and did not for once look off the pace as he went forward and tracked backed with equal intent.

In Dembele, Umtiti, Roberto and Coutinho (who missed out on account of being cup-tied), Barcelona seem to have got the right quantity of youth to mix with the experience in their ranks and looks like this ship will definitely stay afloat, surviving whatever storm hits them in the future.