January 11, 2015. Camp Nou stadium. Barcelona plays a Spanish championship match against Madrid's Atletico. 86th minute of the match.
Luis Suarez receives the ball on the left flank and passes it to Lionel Messi. The Argentine sees Ivan Rakitic and sends the ball to him. Rakitic tries to pass it to Neymar in the center of the penalty area, but the ball gets stuck in the opponents' defenders' legs and... rebounds to L. Messi. Faster than the others, Barcelona's attacking leader scores a goal.
The Catalan club celebrates victory with a score of 3:1.
After scoring the goal, L. Messi falls into Neymar's embrace. A few seconds later, the Argentine and the Brazilian are joined by L. Suarez. Triumphant, the menacing Barcelona attacking trio run around Camp Nou, hugging each other across the shoulders.
Exactly at that moment, which undoubtedly will go down in Barcelona's history, the famous "Reuters" agency photographer Albert Gea captures the moment with his "Canon" camera.
The 38-year-old photographer told the "Barca Magazine" about how he managed to take a memorable shot.
According to A. Gea, he usually shoots matches with three cameras and three different lenses.
He "caught" L. Messi, Neymar, and L. Suarez with his "Canon EOS 1 DX" camera, to which a "Canon" 70-200 mm / f 2.8 L series lens was attached.
"I rarely photograph footballers near the touchline, standing with my back to the main stand. We usually work with '400s' (400mm focal length lens. One of the most beloved and respected professional sports photographers - author's note.), but this time I ended up right at the touchline. When L. Suarez started the attack, I changed my lens and, as it turned out later, I made the right choice. If I had been shooting with a '400,' I wouldn't have been able to capture the three attackers so well," A. Gea recounted. "They ran towards the central stand, almost to where I was standing. I chose the fast shooting function, taking 9 frames per second. I'm glad I succeeded."
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