5 most disappointing individual performances in the quarterfinals of the Champions League 2017-18

#1 Lionel Messi

Ballon d'Or all but out of reach now?

How utterly disingenuous the side that has taken Europe by storm this season looked on the green pitch at the Stadio Olimpico.

All that energy spent to try and remain invincible in Europe and the League proved to be too overwhelming for even the superstars in the Barca strip.

Chief among those who were completely decapitated on the night was Barcelona's tormentor-in-chief Lionel Messi.

The horrible run of luck in this particular stage of the competition for the Argentine continued, after he had also failed to score in the 4-1 win in the first leg over Roma. Meanwhile, Ronaldo has scored 15 at the same stage that Messi has struggled to get even one.

A comfortable three-goal lead from the home leg wasn't enough to keep Roma at bay, and the level of appreciation that the superstar commands inherently means that if at any point he fails to deliver then the criticism that is dished out is appropriated accordingly.

Even more so when it comes at such an important juncture of the competition.