The stat where Lionel Messi threatens his former friend Luis Suárez

Luis Suárez is the best partner that Lionel Messi had in his career. The partnership they formed at FC Barcelona with Neymar is impossible to forget and meant lots of goals for the team, useful to win the treble in 2015 and impressive for the whole world, being considered one of the best attacks ever.

After a decision of the at the time president of the club Josep María Bartomeu, Suárez was released in 2020 after the shameful 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in UEFA Champions League. He signed for Atlético Madrid and settled quickly, becoming one of the best players of La Liga and its top scorer, with 14 goals.

But his place as the leader goalscorer is being threatened. Because with the goal that Lionel Messi scored in the away 3-2 win versus Real Betis, he found the net for the 13th time in the 2020-2021 league season and is just one goal behind of the now Atlético Madrid striker.

The times of the close friendship between Lionel and Luis are over. Now they compete representing their respective clubs. While the Colchoneros are comfortably at the top of La Liga, the Uruguayan wants his individual achievement as a competitive athlete. And Messi is another competitive athlete, so they will be looking closely at each other's tally.