Three days before the meeting in the Champions League, the Catalans exploded and recorded a seventh consecutive league victory, Trinkau (29, 74) and Messi (45, 75) won doubles, Firpo added (80) • 1: 2 to Atletico Madrid over Granada
Barça.
Will that be enough against Paris?
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Messi.
Great goal before the halfway point
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Four games in the 23rd round were played tonight (Saturday) in the Spanish league, with the two leaders, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona winning.
Three days before the meeting with Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 of the Champions League, Barcelona defeated Alabs 1: 5 at the Camp Nou.
Trinkau, who scored his first league goal in the previous round, doubled his personal goal balance in the 29th minute after 18-year-old Alish Moriba cooked up his debut in the league.
7 minutes later a Leo Messi goal was disqualified after a VAR check due to a dissent, but the Flea waited for extra time of the first half to make it 0-2 with an incredible goal from outside the box.
The guest did not give up and in the 57th minute substitute Rioja shrank to 2: 1, but then came 6 minutes of Barça explosion.
Trinkau completed a double (74), after a minute Messi also completed his own double (75) and Junior Pirpo (80) sealed the game - a great 1: 5 for Koeman's side.
Atletico are back to winning.
Even on a day when Luis Suarez misses like a human and breaks a streak of four league games with at least one goal, Atletico Madrid managed to beat Granada 1: 2 and take another step on the way to the title.
Whoever took responsibility was Marcus Jornetta who set up 0-1 with his seventh of the season and cooked up Angel Correa’s winning goal.
A goal by Munir al-Hadadi gave Sevilla a 0-1 win over Waska - the seventh consecutive victory for Julen Luftaghi's team in which they all keep a clean sheet.
Sean Weissman started in the squad and was replaced in the 68th minute in a 1-1 draw by Valladolid against Eibar.