Substitute Messi leads Barcelona to a big win over Real Betis

Barcelona escaped a new shock in the Spanish Football League and defeated its guest Real Betis 5/2 today, Saturday, in the ninth stage of the competition, which today also saw Huesca tied with Eibar 1/1.

At the "Camp Nou" stadium, Osman Dembele opened the scoring for Barcelona in the 22nd minute, then striker Antonio Sanabria equalized Real Betis in the last seconds of the first half, after Antoine Griezmann missed the opportunity to score Barcelona's second goal from a penalty kick in the 33rd minute.

In the second half, Antoine Griezmann scored the second goal for Barcelona in the 49th minute, and then Argentine star Lionel Messi added the team's third goal in the 62nd minute from a penalty kick.

Then substitute Lorenzo Morne scored Real Betis's second goal in the 73rd minute, just two minutes after his participation from the bench, before Messi added his second and fourth goal for Barcelona in the 82nd minute, and Pedro Gonzalez-Lopez finished scoring with the fifth goal for Barcelona in the 90th minute.

Barcelona ended a series of disappointing results in the Spanish League, winning after two draws and two defeats in their previous four league matches.

Barcelona raised its score to 11 points to jump to eighth place, while Real Betis stuck at 12 points in seventh place.

Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman blew a surprise by keeping Messi on the bench at the beginning of the match, but he pushed him at the start of the second half, to change the Argentine star's features of the confrontation significantly.

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