Barcelona 3-1 Napoli (Agg. 4-2)

The storylines were already written: second-best Barcelona goes into the second leg of their Round of 16 clash with Serie A's Napoli on the back of a day of inspiration. The previous night, domestic rivals Real Madrid had been knocked out, Leo Messi's perpetual rival Cristiano Ronaldo had just been knocked out with Juventus, and their manager Maurizio Sarri was fired after the loss, something Barcelona manager Quique Setien knew would happen to him if his team lost too.

And Messi, not known for giving proclamations, told the media that Barcelona needed to work much harder if they genuinely wanted to beat Napoli. If this win proves one thing, he's a man of his word. His performance in the opening half showed that when he wants to be (or when able), Messi is still Barcelona's maestro.

Napoli began the better team, and it was up to goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen to keep order. However, 10 minutes in, Barcelona nabbed a corner. Ivan Rakitic launched the ball into the box, where Clement Lenglet smashed it in without a single Napoli player near him.

Seemingly furious about the goal, Napoli started playing at hyper speed. If only they had kept their heads, they would have been able to do more than simply run rings around this Barcelona side.

Just when things seemed to be going their way, Messi does what he often does: the impossible. Starting at the edge of the Napoli box, he outmaneuvered three Napoli defenders, slipped, re-righted himself, and then curled a shot around David Ospina.

It's one thing when he does this against the dregs of La Liga, it's another when he pulls out these skills against a side as dangerous as Gennaro Gattuso's Napoli. He almost got a brace several minutes later, but that was ruled out by VAR.

The half ended in chaos. A foul on Messi in the 40th minute took five to be analyzed by the referees, who ultimately awarded Barcelona a penalty. Suarez converted, making it 3-0. However, the insane amount of added time gave Napoli the opportunity to pile forward, and in 45+3, Rakitic took down danger man Dries Mertens in the Barca box. They got a penalty of their own, and Insigne made it 3-1.

This should have fired up the Italians. Instead, they took to the second half exactly as they did the first by dominating possession and being toothless in front of goal. Meanwhile, Barcelona did just enough to maintain their advantage and finished the game looking capable of individual brilliance and little else.

Bayern Munich 4-1 Chelsea (Agg. 7-1)

Seven should be a lucky number in Bavaria. It's the number of goals the German team (comprised mostly of Bayern teammates) scored against Brazil in their infamous World Cup 2014 semi-final, it's the amount Bayern scored against Tottenham Hotspur in the Group Stage last year, it's how much they put past Barcelona over two legs in 2013, and now they did the same thing to Premier League side, Chelsea.

Starting with a 3-0 lead should have given Bayern the confidence to go easy. Instead, from the very start, they played at full throttle; it was only 10 minutes before top scorer Robert Lewandowski converted a penalty to make it 1-0.

If anything, this made Die Roten believe Chelsea were there for the taking. In the 23rd minute, Thomas Mueller robbed the ball off a dozy Mateo Kovacic, and all the forwards bombed up the pitch. Lewa could have made it two for himself but instead crossed to Ivan Perisic, who was in acres of space and scored with what was basically a tap in.

It wasn't until the verge of half time that Chelsea got anything back, and even then, it was goalkeeper Manuel Neuer's fault. He knocked a low cross out as far as Tammy Abraham's feet, and the Chelsea man returned the favor, knocking it into the net.

It's admirable that Chelsea didn't capitulate entirely in the second half, but in going full pelt to try and win the battle, if not the war, all it did was show just how vast the gap is between the two sides. Chelsea are in next season's Champions League, but to look at their performance in this tie, they might be better off challenging in the Europa League. Across both legs, it was men vs. boys.

Later on, Chelsea pushed for an equalizer and gave the ball away, and again, it ended at the feet of Lewandowski, who, again, found a totally unmarked player. This time, it was Corentin Tolisso who got the easy finish.

Even that wasn't game over. In the 84th, having provided two assists himself, it seemed like Lewandowski wanted two goals too. He got on the end of a great cross from Alvaro Odriozola and smashed in a thundering header. It was a well-deserved reward for a sensational performance.