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Real Madrid vs Barcelona: Lionel Messi arrives very toned

He scored two goals in the last training session in Barcelona

By Fredi Roman

He scored two goals in the last training session in Barcelona
He scored two goals in the last training session in Barcelona

The Spanish soccer derby is coming and Lionel Messi arrives very toned to visit Real Madrid with Barcelona, in a match that will be key to the aspirations of both teams in the fight for the La Liga title. The two teams are separated by two points in favor of the Catalans (65 to 63), who in turn are only one unit behind Atlético Madrid, the still leader of the championship. Meanwhile, the Argentine star stood out in the last practice of the Culé team and scored two goals that already scare the merengue team.

In a video published by the Barça entity on its YouTube channel, a couple of goals that La Pulga converted in Thursday's morning training are illustrated. In a reduced football framework, in the first goal he anticipated and made a wall, received the ball, faked the goalkeeper Ter Stegen and defined with left foot.

In the second, one of his teammates went to sweep and recovered the ball, and after two consecutive touches Leo received to be alone again in front of the German goalkeeper. Although this time he defined a right cross at mid-height. In both conversions he won the applause of his companions.

Messi's La Liga's top scorer with 23 goals and his friend Luis Suárez, who this season went to Atlético Madrid, has brought him four, and the same difference to Gerard Moreno, from Villarreal. So far, La Pulga has scored 26 goals for Real Madrid.

If the Rosario scores a goal he will match another Pele record that is the most goals in a league. He will reach 468 in the main Spanish competition and will tie Edson Arantes do Nascimento's mark in the Paulista Championship, according to the contribution provided by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).

 

 


Fredi Roman

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