Yesterday evening in Spain, the postponed match of the 16th round took place, where the clubs "Sporting Gijon" and "Barcelona" met. These matches were special for Lionel Messi, who scored historical goals both in his career and in the club's history.
The Argentine scored the first goal of the match in the 25th minute, and this strike marked not only one historical achievement. First of all, it was Messi's 300th goal in the "La Liga" championship, and it was also the 10,000th goal in the history of the "Barcelona" club. By the way, Messi had also scored the 9,000th goal in the history of "Barcelona."
Although "Sporting Gijon" managed to equalize the result after two minutes when Carlos Castro scored, Messi returned the lead to the Catalonians with his second goal just four minutes later.
In the second half, "Barcelona" continued to dominate on the field, and in the 62nd minute of the match, a penalty was awarded for a foul on Neymar. Luis Suarez stepped up to take the penalty, but the goalkeeper Ivan Cuellar saved the striker's shot. However, Suarez did not remain without a goal, as he scored just five minutes later to secure his team's victory.
After this victory, "Barcelona" has 60 points and surpasses Madrid "Atletico" footballers in second place by several points.
"Sporting Gijon" 1 - 3 "Barcelona"
25' [0 - 1] L. Messi
27' [1 - 1] C. Castro
31' [1 - 2] L. Messi
67' [1 - 3] L. Suarez
62' L. Suarez missed an eleven-meter penalty
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