Malaga vs. Barcelona – Spanish La Liga Match Review (Part 2)
With the first half ending, Barcelona were leading the game with a single goal which was score by the best player in the world, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296. The Argentinean star scored the opening goal but he still seemed to have the hunger for more.
In fact, the whole Barcelona team looked for more goals so that they didn’t want to repeat the episode of the game against Espanyol, where they drew the match very late into the ninety minutes.
As the second half started, things looked to be the same and Barcelona looked to be more threatening than ever before. They pressed their opposition and tried to find the back of the net.
Most of the goals came during the second half as the score line of the game changed from 0-1 to 1-4 in favour of the Catalan Giants.
The second goal was scored by Barcelona’s second most in-form striker at the moment, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979. The Chilean star has been in outstanding form and he showed that during the Copa del Rey El Clasico.
It took Sanchez three minutes into the second half to score the second goal of the game and his first of the night. Thiago Alcantara was the one who set up the Chilean striker. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888 tried to shoot the ball into the back of the net but it was well saved
by Malaga’s goal stopper. However, Sanchez was present on the rebound and he knocked the ball into the back of the net.
Barcelona kept on pressing and played their game to the fullest. Three substitutions made by the Catalans were: Sanchez for Cuenca, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santos-c32532 and Iniesta for Pedro. On the other hand, Malaga’s changes included: Van Nistelrooy for Sebastian Fernandez,
Iraheta for Recio and Maresca for Rondon.
These substitutions did come in handy for both the teams later during the game.
The third goal of the match was also scored by Barcelona as Lionel Messi helped his side triple their lead. Alcantara snatched the ball away in a dangerous position and Messi made a wonderful solo run to make the score line 3-0.
The Argentinean star was simply on fire throughout the game. He simply showed how he is in competition with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 fourth during the 81st minute, to complete his hat
trick.
It was an assist from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 Rodriguez but most of the work was done by Messi himself. The Argentinean star made another amazing solo run into the box and found the back of the net to score another hat trick.
Even though Barcelona played a perfect game, they simply couldn’t leave the pitch without conceding a goal. Recio’s assist found the substitute, Rondon, in the penalty area and the Malaga star did just enough to find the back of the net.
The final score line of the game was 1-4 in favour of the away team. Barcelona are now two points behind Madrid who are to play their fixture against Bilbao.
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