• Chronicle: Messi doesn't need to run

Looking back is a gesture that, many times, holds great surprises. Leo Messi has already 50 direct foul goals throughout his sports career, 44 of them with the Barça shirt and six with Argentina. Today, his aim is almost lethal. In its beginnings, despite everything, this fate resisted. The first one marked him against Atlético, more than 11 years ago, on October 14, 2008. It was 3-0 of a duel that ended with a 6-1 Barca victory and in which he pulled picardy to catch the goal rojiblanco , the French Grégory Coupet , placing the barrier.

The first of the six marked with his selection, while, he scored almost four years later, on September 7, 2012, against Paraguay , to close a favorable final score of 3-1. «We always have it with us and it surprises us every day. People already see for themselves the quality it has. It is from another planet. It's amazing, I have no words to talk about Leo, ”he praised after the match Arturo Vidal in statements to 'Movistar LaLiga'. Not surprisingly, the Chilean gave the one that was the momentary 2-0. «I don't know if it was easy, because we ran a lot, from the first minute, and we made a big difference, with Leo showing all the quality he has. When it is like this, the team notices it a lot, ”he said.

The Chilean, in statements to the press of his country published before the game was played, also uncovered his discomfort at the fact that he is not counting too much on Ernesto Valverde's plans. «I'm not happy, I'm not happy, but I try to turn this around and earn a starting position. In all my career I have been a starter, this time it is not touching me, but I am calm, because I know it will come, ”explained Arturo Vidal .

The current Barça coach, precisely, had to suffer in his own flesh, when he directed Athletic, almost again and again, the tremendous precision that Leo Messi exhibits at this point in his career when launching a direct free. Now that he has it at his command at Barça, his presence is also openly decisive. Not surprisingly, the Argentine has been able to score 101 goals since he started his stage in the Barcelona bench, in the summer of 2017.

"What I'm gonna say. Every time Leo catches her, something will happen, something good for us and bad for them. He has that talent that nobody has, he leaves anyone. And it is not only his dribble, he also sees things that no one sees, passes that are not seen even from the rostrum. He looks cooler and we are happy, because he is getting better and better and can enjoy how he plays, ”said the Barcelona coach.

Suárez victim 27

With his victory against Valladolid, in addition, the Barca team regained the leadership again, at least until Granada is measured to Getafe in the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum. «How much it costs to win the Leagues we all have it recorded in memory. Achieving this will be complicated, like all, because it is not easy to get the matches forward. Valladolid tied with Real Madrid and Atlético and it is never easy to win, in any field. You see Messi play and it seems that everything is simple, but doing what he does is impossible, ”said a Valverde who was at all times more than satisfied, both for the result and for the way he managed the game his team.

Messi, again, was completely transcendental for Barça to take a strong victory against Valladolid at Camp Nou. A match in which a good friend of the Argentine, Luis Suarez , precisely, also got a very special mark for him in the League. The team that trains Sergio González finally became his 27th victim in the championship, with which the Uruguayan has already been able to score at least one goal against all the teams against which he has measured in the First Division.

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