Yesterday, Barcelona beat Huesca at home 4-1 in what was Messi's 767th game for Barcelona, equalling Xavi's tally for most games played with Barça. He first scored with a good touch and then a rocket that hit the crossbar and entered the goal, then Griezmann scored a very similar goal to his 22 minutes later. A penalty conceded by Ter-Stegen got converted by Rafa Mir, but a great assist from Messi to Mingueza and a nice goal from Messi at the end of the game made it clear who the best team was. Messi's stats were: 2 goals, 1 assist, 1 big chance created, 2 SOT (6 in total), 6 dribbles, 3 key passes, 9 ground duels won, 4 fouls won, 1 tackle, 12 pressures (6 successful), 1 block, 2 crosses, 81 passes and 125 touches which was enough for yet another 10/10 from the GOAT.
Now, Barcelona is only 4 points behind Atlético Madrid in the league with the same amount of points, which is good news, although Real Madrid are only 2 points behind so we're not too safe.
Other than the (dubious) penalty there was not much to criticize from the team, and they were clearly the dominant side for most of the game. Next up will be Real Sociedad away, so a pretty important game awaits us. Until then, see you in the next blog.
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