The World Player of the Year, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, admitted that last night’s Clasico encounter was epic but it will have no bearing on who comes on top at the end of the season.
It was an all out war at Camp Nou as the two Spanish giants faced off in their well-anticipated and much admired El Clasico encounter.
The visitors took the lead, thanks to a goal from Ronaldo in the 23rd minute of the game. Not to be outdone, Messi responded swiftly as he capitalized on an error by Madrid defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-c29670, and fired the ball into the back of the net after just eight minutes.
Soon Messi doubled his goal-scoring tally for the night and Barca were leading the game for the first time in the match.
The battle between Ronaldo and Messi on the ground was obvious as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734 did not want to be outshined by the Argentine and the Portuguese skipper became the first player in history to score six goals in six El Clasico matches when he scored his second of
the night on the 67th minute.
Evidently, Real could not pick up all the three points they needed to close the gap and they are still eight points behind Barcelona. When asked about the game and the quality his team displayed, Messi said that “It was a beautiful game, we could have won,
and they also could have won.”
Despite http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 missing two of their best defenders to injuries and facing their bitter rivals, Real, Messi acknowledged that their aim was winning and that last night’s encounter has no bearing on who lifts the trophy at the end of the season.
“We seek to win but it's not easy. We played against Madrid and we knew it would be very complicated. We were close to ending [only] five points above.”
“We went to look for the result but we knew we had in front a very good Real Madrid team and we're still eight points clear but we know that there is still much to play for.”
Finally, when asked about his and Ronaldo’s performance, Messi was hesitant to entertain the issue.
He added: “I'm not speaking individually, no one is special. These games motivate everyone to play, not only http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 and me."
The Catalans will now visit Deportivo on October 20.
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