Monday, February 10, 2014

La liga Game, FC Sevilla V FC Barcelona 9.2.2014



Splendid Messi leads a weak Barcelona side to an undeserved 1-4 victory in Sevilla


FCB started poorly and conceded a goal in the first 15 minutes. The pitch was soaked and the heavy rain made fluent passing almost impossible. Sevilla managed to put a lot of pressure on the catalans and almost scored a second goal, when a header hit the woodwork. Barcelona bounced back with a free kick assist from Messi which Sanchez converted rom an Offside position.  

A counter attack was finished off in a splendid manner by la Pulga under heavy rain, which his first goal from the game in la liga since the end of September just before the end of the first half.






La pulga scored again in the 56th minute in a spectacular fashion after snatching a pass from Iniesta which was actually meant for Alexis Sanchez and finished it off in his usual accurate and spectacular fashion. 




A late nice goal by Fabregas sealed the deal for Barcelona. The result it self is very deceiving and does not accurately reflect the actual game. FCB had huge problems in their defensive line. Pique and Bartra underperformed and did not work together at all. Specially Pique seems to have lost his touch and is no longer the world class center back that he used to be 2 or 3 years ago.



Messi was voted Man of the match and his rating by whoscored.com was 9.8 from 10.
Messi is getting close to be the All time Goal scorer in La Liga at an age of 26! Already marked at 5th place and only 15 goals shy of Telmo Zarra. A record set in 1955!





Since his return in 2014, Messi has had the following statistics:

Messi in 2014 for Barcelona: - 9 official appearances - 7 goals - 6 assists

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