Lionel Messi missed the opportunity for a field goal on Thursday when Barcelona resisted a delayed fight back from Getafe to gain 5-2 and secured his position in the competition by being at the topmost position of la Liga. A penalty to Antoine Griezman was suspended, although Messi won twice and is expected to have had a third in injury time in camp Nou. Antoine Griezman finished an easy victory at the end. Ronald Koeman said that he is the finest as he never lets himself from diminishing. No one can notice his fall in concentration. Koeman wishes that he stays in for a long duration.
Last weekend, athletic Bilbao was defeated to give way to Copa DelRey. Barca is searching and aiming for the double; although they are points lagging behind Atlántico Madrid, they are still confident about having a game in hand.
Atlántico managed to achieve straight victories for the first time since January by putting aside Huesca by 2-0 previously. There is no limit or doubt of mistake to witness the interesting fight for the championship as Real Madrid also waved Cadiz on Wednesday. No other leading trio of Spain seems to have been overblown by a wonderful few days away from the field. It says Atlántico, Real Madrid, and Barcelona register for the European Super League on Sunday, which became a huge controversy. The strong involvement of real Madrid and Barca as part of the project where all other teams along with Atlántico withdrew from the competition would affect the structure of European football.
In the protest against the European super league, Getafe was wearing t-shirts, although they provide Barcelona recognition of honor to mark the victory of the Catalans. Getafe is still insecure as four points are creating a gap that is above the bottom three. Compared to the total score gained by the whole Getafe team, Messi has 25 goals in the league and 33 goals in all competitions. When Angel met Marc Cucurella’s cross and the past across the unsuspicious Clement Lenglet and flew in, yet Getafe was lagging by four minutes.
As Messi made it three, the game looked fixed. Lenget’s twisted header provided him the opportunity to play with the left foot against the far post, but the ball darted back to the striker, who used his chance to conclude from the angle with the help of his right. Getafe got angered with anxiousness in the last 20 minutes when the substitute, Ronald Araujo, walked on the ankle of Enesunalwho managed to grab a penalty to raise the hope of the visitors. But Barcelona withdrew with twice delayed goals, Araujo securing himself by running to a corner from Messi, who missed his opportunity to score his third by offering Griezmann his opening.
With the goals of Yannick Carrasco and Angel Correa, Atletico Madrid had previously managed to escalate back to the top of the table.