The Argentinean star scored his 50th goal of the season, as Barcelona outclassed Racing Santander away from home.
Barcelona’s wonder-boy, Lionel Messi, managed to score his 50th goal of the current season, as he bagged a brace against a resilient Racing Santander on Sunday.
Barcelona won the fixture 0-2, all thanks to Lionel Messi, who was the only scorer in the game.
As the match started, it took Barcelona 29 minutes to open the scoring. Santander used the traditional ‘park the bus’ technique against one of the best European teams in the world; however, Xavi Hernandez, Cesc Fabregas and Lionel Messi found a way
to open up the home team’s defensive walls.
It was Xavi Hernandez who played an outstanding cut-through pass to Cesc Fabregas, who took one touch and slid it across the goal, only to find Lionel Messi tapping it into the back of the net.
After taking the lead, Barcelona wanted to confirm the three points, and Josep Guardiola ordered his men to keep putting pressure on the home team.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 were winning with a one-goal advantage.
As the second half kicked off, Barcelona threw bodies in the final third, in order to grab the all-important second goal.
It took the Catalan giants 10 minutes in the second half, to find the back of the net.
Cesc Fabregas received a ball inside the penalty area and was brought down by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Domingo-Cisma-c11493, rather too easily. The Argentinean star, Lionel Messi, decided to step up to take the spot kick.
The Ballon d’Or winner sent Racing Santander’s goalkeeper, Mario Fernandez, the wrong way and completed his brace, and also scored his 50th goal of the season in all competitions.
Lionel Messi’s 50 goals were scored in six different competitions. The Argentine star has scored 30 goals in La Liga, 12 in the UEFA Champions League, 2 in the Copa del Rey, 2 in the FIFA Club World Cup, 3 in the Spanish Supercopa and one in the UEFA
Super Cup.
With Real Madrid winning their weekend fixture on Saturday, Los Blancos took a 13-point advantage over Barcelona, in La Liga. However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296’s brace helped Barcelona cut the distance short to 10 points again.
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