"It is not normal that Messi do three sticks and any goal", said Ernesto Valverde in press conference. And it did not be him reason to the technician extremeño. Messi tried it of all the possible ways, but tonight was not the day. The stick and the stars ranged the sufficient to avoid that the Argentinian marked.
The first stick arrived in the minute 35. Messi launched a prodigious launching of fault that looked for the goal, but found the stick. The second was in the minute 61. Launching of the 10 Barcelona ajustadísimo that crashes in the right stick of put it of the Betis. The third produced to the 81 minutes. The balloon also was direct to the stick.
As it does echo 'Mark', in what it goes of century only six footballers have done a hat trick of launchings to the wood. According to Pedro Martín, journalist of Cope, this list is composed by Oliveira and Assunçao (2002), Doubt (2005), Giuly (2006), Inui (2016) and Messi (2017).
In any case, Messi was one of the best players of the party and showed his good connection with Deulofeu. It played like reference in attack and went down to receive it when it believed necessary. This freedom that so much likes him and so lethal does him be.
In the Bernabéu, another
In hardly five days, Messi has added four sticks. The three of this Sunday in front of the Betis and the one of the turn of the Supercopa in the Bernabéu. In a combination with Suárez, the Argentinian shot in front of Navas and the balloon left to the crossbar, with the misfortune that the boat neither fell inside the goal. The bad luck accompanies to Leo in this start of official season.