Messi shines, makes two, Barca strikes Valladolid and leads

THROW! 10/29/2019 8:12 PMBarcelona (ESP)

In Catalonia, everything is normal. At home, Barcelona beat Real Valladolid, again with a show by Lionel Messi. The Argentine star, with two goals and two assists, led the 5-1 defeat that brought Barca back to the top of the Spanish league at least until Wednesday, when Granada take the field. Lenglet, Suarez and Vidal completed the rout, while Kiko Olivas cashed.

GOLD LIGHTNING

And there wasn't even time for Valladolid to try to hold Barcelona. Two minutes into the game, after a cross in the penalty area, Valladolid's central defender broke the ball into the middle of the area and the ball went to Lenglet, who had a splendid first-half goal.

ALL THE SAME

However, despite opening the scoring early, Barça also took the draw in the same coin. With 15 minutes to go, Valladolid threw the ball in the area, Ter-Stegen did not leave and kicked the ball in the knee of Kiko Olivas, who won the draw goal and left to celebrate.

ALL QUIET

Even before the 30th minute of the game, Barcelona put the game in their favor again. Messi took off beautiful elevation assist for Arturo Vidal to speed into the area and break the game with a touch of boot, with no chance for the goalkeeper.

HISTORICAL BRAND

Still in the first, Messi reached (another) historical mark in his career. In a free kick, shirt 10 put the ball in the goalkeeper's angle and made the third of Barça in the match. With this goal, Messi reached 50 goals in his career.

KILLED THE GAME

In the second half, Valladolid even tried to resist and lower the score, but Barça, in two minutes, defined the victory and turned it into a rout. On 30 minutes, Messi finished strong, cross, on the goalkeeper's exit and scored the fourth Catalan goal. And at 32, Luis Suárez received from Messi, crossed to make the fifth and completed Barça's rout at Camp Nou.