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LONDON -- However much Bayer Leverkusen frustrated Barcelona, stifling Lionel Messi proved impossible for 90 minutes. Matt Schaub Womens Jersey . Another inspirational display from the tireless Argentina forward, including a 38th goal of the season, put the holders on the verge of the Champions League quarterfinals following a 3-1 away victory in the first leg on Tuesday. "He scored a really wonderful goal and was involved in many moves," Barca coach Pep Guardiola said of Messi. "Hes continuing to show his strength which for us is vital." Breaking down a stubborn Leverkusen side in the round-of-16 match was the perfect riposte to domestic troubles that have resulted in Barcelona falling 10 points behind Real Madrid in Spanish league. "When you play against the German teams you dont have the control or possession a lot and they are physically stronger," Guardiola said. "In the second half, we played a game that was not too interesting for us but we scored three goals and we will try to finish it in the second leg at home." The only other match was equally tight, with Alexandre Lacazettes goal giving Lyon a slight edge against APOEL Nicosia, winning 1-0 at home. Another four teams are in action on Wednesday, when AC Milan hosts Arsenal and Zenit St. Petersburg takes on Benfica. Despite its domestic troubles, few would bet against Barcelona reaching another Champions League final or becoming the first team to defend its European title since AC Milan in 199l. As Messi began to exert more influence, the team broke through in the 41st minute. After spotting a rare gap in the Leverkusen midfield, Messi slipped the ball through to Sanchez, who slotted a shot past goalkeeper Bernd Leno and inside the left post. Leverkusen defender Michal Kadlec equalized at the start of the second half by heading in Vedran Corlukas cross, but Barcelona was back in front three minutes later. It was Sanchez again who scored, after Cesc Fabregas initially sliced open the defence. After evading Leverkusen defender Manuel Friedrich, Sanchez rounded Leno before finishing from a tight angle. "Alexis is putting in a lot of work and is scoring a lot," Guardiola said. "He opens up the pitch for us and his movement is great." Messi was also causing the hosts more trouble with his menacing, weaving runs -- and he gave his team a crucial third away goal in the 88th. Naturally, he started the move. After setting Dani Alves free on the right, Messi darted into the penalty area to direct a pinpoint return from the Brazilian into the net to score a competition-leading seventh goal this season. Even Leverkusen thinks there is no way back at the Camp Nou on March 7. "The tie is finished to be honest," Corluka said. But dont write off the chances just yet of APOEL, which is the first Cypriot team to reach the Champions League knockout phase. APOELs defence was every bit as resilient as Leverkusens on Tuesday, and was unlucky to concede in the 58th minute. Picked out by defender Cris, Alexandre Lacazette fired a powerful shot that deflected off APOEL defender Paulo Jorge to loop over goalkeeper Dionisios Chiotis and under the crossbar. "We had some good reasons to be wary of this team that gave a hard time to Porto, Shaktar (Donetsk) and Zenit (St. Petersburg)," Lyon coach Remi Garde said. "Its a team that is very well organized and dangerous on counterattacks." Anquan Boldin Youth Jersey . The deal will pay Sutter $525,000 per season at the NHL level, and includes a signing bonus of $105,000. Jameel McClain Womens Jersey . 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Buoyed by the box-office success of The Da Vinci Code, Columbia Pictures is planning to turn author Dan Browns first best-selling religious thriller, Angels & Demons, into a movie, the studio said on Tuesday. A Bahraini family passes by an advertisement for the movie The Da Vinci Code on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, in a shopping mall in Manama, Bahrain. Some Christians in Bahrain, which is an overwhelmingly Muslim country, are urging the government to ban the movie which they reportedly say defames Jesus Christ.[AP] The Sony Corp <6758.T>. -owned film distributor has signed a deal with Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldman, who adapted Da Vinci Code for the big screen, to create a script for a sequel based on Angels & Demons, a Columbia spokesman said. Angels, a bestseller published in 2000, was Browns first novel to introduce the character of Robert Langdon, the crime-solving Harvard professor of iconography and religious art played by actor Tom Hanks in the The Da Vinci Code. A studio spokesman confirmed a report in Daily Variety that no deals have yet been reached for Hanks or Da Vinci director Ron Howard to return for the Angels project, but that both would have first crack at the new film. Variety also said the studio was planning to reunite the producing team of Brian Grazer and John Calley for the Angels project. In addition to The Da Vinci Code, GGoldmans screen credits include Batman & Robin, boxing drama Cinderella Man and A Beautiful Mind, for which he won the Academy Award for best adapted screenplay. Richard Seymour Elite Jersey. Columbia acquired feature rights to Angels and all future novels involving the Langdon character, as part of its 2003 acquisition of film rights to Browns Da Vinci Code. Despite mainly negative reviews from critics at its world premiere at the Cannes film festival last week, Da Vinci went on to score the second-biggest opening tally of all time at the global box office, raking in nearly $232 million worldwide. The film, like the book, teams up Langdon with a young French cryptologist (played in the movie by Audrey Tautou) to solve a murder mystery entwined in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci and a supposed alternate history of Christianity. A central premise of the story is that Jesus fathered a child by Mary Magdalene, and that a clandestine society has for centuries protected the identity of Christs living descendants from agents of the Christian Church. In Angels, another murder investigation leads Langdon on a quest to thwart a plot by an ancient group, the Illuminati, to blow up the Vatican during a papal conclave. After grossing $77.1 million domestically in its first weekend, Da Vinci generated another $8.9 million on Monday, an extremely robust weekday box-office figure for a film primarily aimed at an adult audience. ' ' '