12/22/2020 15:00
Clarín.com
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Updated 12/22/2020 7:08 PM
Valladolid receives Barcelona at the José Zorrilla
, in a match on Date 15 of the
Santander League in Spain
.
Lionel Messi's irregular team knows that they cannot fail any more if they want to aspire to the Spanish League title, in a match in which Leo can surpass Pelé's historical record of goals with the same club.
They were 20 minutes when Leo had the first concrete chance for Barcelona to go ahead on the scoreboard.
His well-aimed shot was looking for the angle, but Masip avoided the goal with a swat that sent the ball over the crossbar.
It was just a warning: a minute later, after a magical and pinpoint cross from Leo, Lenglet scored the first goal of the game for Ronald Koeman's team with a header.
MESSI ASSISTS LENGLET WITH AN INSANE PASS 🤯 pic.twitter.com/fpTvi0RBuM
- SR (@TotalMaestro) December 22, 2020
With a calm more typical of other times than this season with many ups and downs, Barcelona settled on the field of play with great tranquility and it did not take long to increase the advantage at 34 minutes with a good collective play that included another nice pass from Messi to break the defense line and enable Sergiño Dest, who sent a precise center to the middle for Braithwaite to push and make it 2-0.
Braithwaite did not take long to extend the advantage for Barcelona.
A lot of patience in the movement of the ball, Messi's luxury in the pass and Dest ends in a simple way.
pic.twitter.com/1FQuBSvCvi
- JD Figueroa (@ jdfq98) December 22, 2020