Yesterday, Barcelona beat Villarreal 2-1 away, some important 3 points in the race for La Liga. Chukwueze gave Villarreal the lead but Griezmann quickly comebacked the game with a brace in 7 minutes. Messi's stats were: 1 SoT (3 in total), 5 dribbles out of 7, 3 SCA, 0.09 xA, 8 duels won out of 16, 6 fouls received (1 red card, 1 yellow card), 1 tackle, 4 successful pressures out of 18, 1 long ball, 44 passes out of 49 and 69 touches. A good 7.3 performance according to Infogol which helped in Barça's victory, especially with the red-card foul he received. This was his performance on video:
The 6 fouls he received today was the highest amount he received in La Liga this season. And continuing on the subject, he received a nasty foul from Manu Trigueros which could have seriously hurt him, but he got back up in about a minute. Not long after he also received a hit to the face.
Barcelona still only rely on themselves to win La Liga, Messi still leads in the Pichichi as well as being tied for the most assists in the league, which could land him the MVP too. So all in all, it's going good, and form must be kept if we want to keep dreaming. But until then, I'll see you in the next blog.
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