Leo Messi, launching a shot of fault against the Athletic

WITHOUT LUCK AGAINST THE ATHLETIC

To Messi is resisting the goal 700 between the Barça and Argentina

Published:24/06/2020 - 01:35h

Updated:24/06/2020 - 01:35h

Although he carried the baton of the FC Barcelona in attack, and that in the second half had some clear occasions, Leo Messi remained without scoring this Tuesday

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This Wednesday 24 June, Leo Messi will not be able to celebrate his 33 birthdays with 700 goals in the pigeonhole. To the Argentinian star went back him to resist, this Tuesday against the Athletic Club of Bilbao, the goal of the seven hundreds in his sportive career. And it was not because it did not have of occasions, because it had them and very clear especially in the final stretch of the crash, when the Athletic already had received the goal of Rakitic.

But to Leo Messi was missing him the puntería and clairvoyance of other occasions, and his shots from the edge of the area left slightly diverted, brushing of the stick of the goal of Unai Simón. Neither it was especially fine in the faults from the frontal of the area, further that it was the player more entonado of the Barcelona forward. Although with the low level of performance of Luis Suárez and Griezmann, was not very difficult.

'The Flea' has annotated 629 official goals with the FC Barcelona and 70 with the selection of Argentina, what leaves a round figure of 700 goals at hand, or rather of the boot. It marked a target in front of the Mallorca in Sound Moix, and another from the penalty spot in front of the Leganés in the Camp Nou. It remained to zero in front of the Seville in the Sánchez Pizjuán, like the rest of the team, and this Tuesday could not see goal in front of one of his favourite rivals.

The Athletic is the sixth team to the that more targets has marked (24) along his career futbolística, but the 'lions' knew to close very well in the Camp Nou and surrounded to Messi of until three and four effective every time that received the balloon. Like this, and explaining besides with that the '10' has played all the minutes since it restarted LaLiga, was very difficult that could mark the differences.

Third time lucky?

Leo Messi accumulates already two parties without marking and, although they still subtract seven parties more than LaLiga Santander, is putting in danger the Pichichi, a trophy that in case to win it would turn it into the record man: the first in conquering it in seven occasions, surpassing the mark of Telmo Zarra, that conquered it six times. Also it would be the first player in the history in chaining four Pichichis followed.

In spite of everything, the '10' abandoned the terrain of satisfied game by the work done and, especially, by the three points attained in front of an Athletic that complicated him the life along the 90 minutes, without leaving him breathe. In any case, Messi had participation in the only goal of the party and his was the assistance to Rakitic in an embarullada played that it cooked in the interior of the area. With the one of this Tuesday, Messi adds already 250 assistances like player of the FC Barcelona. The same of important, of course, that his 629 goals.

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