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The reason why Messi continues humiliating Cristiano Ronaldo

By Fredi Roman

Barcelona beat Huesca 4-1 with two goals from Messi and caught on in the standings.

Barcelona beat Huesca 4-1 with two goals from Messi and caught on in the standings.

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Barcelona, with two goals from the star Lionel Messi, beat Huesca 4 to 1 this Monday, and got close to the leader Atlético de Madrid, in the match that finish the twenty-seventh round of the Spanish Soccer League. The match, which also saw Messi equal Xavi Hernández's historical record with 767 games at the Culé team, was played at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona.

Before the start of the game, behind one of the arches of the Camp Nou, a flag was displayed with the legend in Catalan: "767 games touching the sky", with the image of Messi and Xavi embracing. After the tribute to the Argentine, the match arrived and there were no equivalences between Barcelona, which seeks to stay with the League, and Huesca, which occupies the last position and is losing the category.

Huesca's resistance was broken at 13 minutes, when Messi with a terrible left-foot from outside the area, nailed the ball in the right angle, scored a goal and the put the game 1-0 for "Blaugrana". Barcelona continued with the control of the game and at 35 minutes, another great goal, this time from the French Antoine Griezmann, who, emulating Messi, also from afar put it at the same angle and stay things 2-0.

Anyway, in the only arrival of the initial stage, Rafa Mir, through the concretion of a penalty kick, scored the 2 to 1 and unexpectedly put Huesca back in the game, at 49 minutes. In the final part, Barcelona quickly stretched the advantages after a header from the Spanish Óscar Mingueza, at 8 minutes, and the rest of the game was played away from the arches, until at 45, Messi, again from outside the area, with a low shot and to the right stick, he established the final 4 to 1.


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