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Leo Messi, celebrating a goal with Jordi Alba and Luis Suárez

THE GOAL, AFTER A PASS OF JORDI ALBA

Doublet of Messi to ensure the Pichichi with 25 goals in LaLiga 2019-20

Published:19/07/2020 - 18:55h

Updated:20/07/2020 - 00:25h

Leo Messi scored the goal of the 'manita' of the FC Barcelona against the Deportivo Alavés, his second goal of the afternoon, to ensure like this the 'Pichichi' with 25 goals in LaLiga 2019-20

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It could not be another. Leo Messi finish to annihilate to the Sportive Alavés in Mendizorroza, when the 0-4 seemed already sufficient torture for the picture babazorro. It ran the minute 75 when the Argentinian star finished at the end of the meshes a centre milimétrico of Jordi Alba, from the left band, at first and accommodating the body the best possible to plant the balloon to the long stick of the goalkeeper.

It was the second so much of the afternoon for Messi, and the number 25 of the season 2019-20 in LaLiga Santander. Of this form, the rosarino no only finished to sentence the party in front of the vitorianos, but besides it put earth of by half with Karim Benzema in the fight by the achievement of the Trophy Pichichi, that Messi has conquered by fourth consecutive time and by seventh occasion in his sportive career.

Like peculiarity in this goal number 25 of Leo Messi, fits to signal the movement of Luis Suárez to the hour to leave happen the balloon when it had it frank for the finish, in a gesture that already have seen him make in other a lot of occasions when Leo Messi round by here. The Uruguayan forward knows always where is planted his mate, and this time wanted to leave him the goal in tray.

And it is that Messi accumulated a bad series of face to goal after the confinement, to the have not been able to annotate too many goals and arrive the majority of them to unemployed balloon, already went from the penalty spot or of direct fault as in the past day in front of Osasuna.

To the 25 goals of Messi in this League, by the way, it is necessary to add 21 assistances that turn him into the maximum pasador historical in an alone season. Some figures of record that anybody has achieved to equalise in a course. 25 targets and 21 passes of goal so that the Barça, although it has not been able to conquer LaLiga Santander 2019-20, recover the good feelings in the last day liguera.

Pichichi Historical for Leo Messi

Now, the '10' goes back to smile and faces with more confidence the turn of eighth of Champions League 2019-20 against the Naples, programmed for the next 8 August in the Camp Nou. Messi knows that this Barça has two faces, but is had to leave the skin so that this day see the best possible version of the team, with the clear aim to advance to quarter-finals.

The star rosarino has annotated his 25 so many in 16 days of the 33 that has played, and has remained with four goals more than Benzema. 'The Flea' has seen door in front of Seville, Eibar, Valladolid (2) Raise, Celtic (3), Athletic, Mallorca (3), Alavés, Granada, Eibar (4), Real Sociedad, Mallorca, Leganés, Athletic of Madrid, Osasuna and Alavés (2).

Besides, with his seventh Pichichi breaks the tie with Telmo Zarra to register a historical record in the Spanish football. Four Pichichis consecutive for Messi, although this time will not arrive him for the Boot of Gold, virtually in hands of Robert Lewandowski. The star culé has added the Pichichi in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, whereas Zarra (Athletic Bilbao) attained it in 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951 and 1953.

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