Our existence is damn. And treacherous. David Gistau liked to say that the greats learned to box when they understood that "out there, in life, they would have to be able to defend how much they loved." To Betis, so much passion cost the game. Exhausted and pending arbitration decisions, he failed to defend how much he loved. Yes, Barcelona did it, whom Messi sustained in the maelstrom, and responsible for the three assists that led his team to the victory at Villamarín. A pass to De Jong, another to Busquets, and already in the last section, a center to Lenglet, who accompanied Fekir on the expelled account. Quique Setién, always misunderstood, resisted the Villamarín volcano. [2-3: Narration and statistics]

Before the lungs and the protests ended with Nabil Fekir , his exhibition proved unbearable for the defenders. The French midfielder, with a brush by boot and a baroque canvas and full of fallen players in his path -Semedo, Umtiti, Sergi Roberto, Arturo Vidal-, brought football to art. It is always appreciated. Fekir liked him so much, cheers so encouraged him that Curro Romero must have felt in full ecstasy. That bullfighter that if the audience abroncaba was only "for what they stopped seeing." Or so he believed. So Fekir set out to do everything to the disgrace of some rivals who didn't know how to stop him.

In the inaugural goal, when the players of Barcelona were still trying to interpret that 4-4-2 in rhombus ( Arturo Vidal was the midfielder ) with which Setién surprised again, the former Olympique de Lyon player jumped into the mountains with joy before the passivity of the defenses. Semedo had lost his leather, and Fekir had only to advance to the area and test the shot. Lenglet left his arm so much that, after the impact of the ball, there could be no other outcome than the penalty. Channels did not fail.

But Barcelona knew this time to catch the tie in a jiffy. The Betis de Rubi, however much the coach recovered after four months to William Carvalho, is one of the most fragile teams in the championship. Lenglet opened the channel at the exit from the rear and De Jong , prepared for the symphony, took care of the rest. The Dutchman oriented his body, looked for Messi and, without stopping, ran to the small area because there are plenty of qualities to be alpha and omega. To the assistance of the Argentine, De Jong responded with a check with his chest and, without the ball falling to the ground, the sweet touch to the net.

But such is the state of form of Umtiti, and so chaotic is the performance of Vidal, that conserving the boards bordering on the utopia. The Chilean controlled fatal, and Fekir caused so much panic in Umtiti that the central could have broken some record of 'retro running'. That is, run backwards. Betis' midfielder, free from any opposition and with the left-handed booty free from any opposition, had only to fit the ball into the goal.

In the agony of the first half, and to Rubi's regrets for understanding that Lenglet had pushed Bartra, Busquets finished the two-way tie after a foul thrown by Messi. The strategy. Survival.

Seien corrected himself and won. Alba supplied Junior, while Arthur left to end Arturo Vidal's sainete . Although nothing disturbs the rival more than Messi. Joel scored three goals. Even the Rosario tried to emulate his legendary parable of Villamarín. But such is the domain of the Messi scenario that, denied before the goal and seeing that the strikers have lost presence - the torment does not leave Griezmann - sublimated the pass.

Messi always finds an answer. Messi continues to defend how much he loves. That is life.

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