It has long been said that they hardly liked each other.
The beautiful gesture of Lionel Messi vis-à-vis Antoine Griezmann on Thursday night at the end of the match in Barcelona's victory against Getafe (5-2) for the 31st day of La Liga, would tend to prove that the agreement reigns well between the two attackers.
In added time, Griezmann got a penalty when Barca were already leading 4-2.
The usual shooter is Messi.
The Argentinian who had already scored two goals (8th, 33rd) had the opportunity to offer himself a hat-trick, the first of his season, which would have allowed him to distance himself at the top of the ranking of the top scorers in La Liga. .
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But Messi's counter will remain stuck at 25 goals for this evening.
He indeed let Griezmann shoot the penalty which he transformed (90th + 3).
Author of an average performance, the French international scored his 9th goal this season in La Liga and the 16th in all competitions.
Messi broke a new record on Thursday night.
Thanks to his double, the six-time Golden Ball has indeed become the first player in the history of European football to reach the bar of 25 league goals in twelve consecutive seasons.