China News Service, January 4th. In the early morning of the 4th Beijing time, the 17th round of La Liga played 5 games.

In Barcelona's defeat of Huesca, Messi assisted De Jong to score the only goal of the game. This was also Messi’s 300th assist in his career; Suarez, who switched to Atletico before the season, scored at the end of the game , Lore Alaves helped the La Liga leaders continue to lead the standings.

Messi's 300th career assist

　　In Barcelona's away game against Huesca, in the 8th minute, Pedri's close shot was saved by Alvaro Fernandez.

In the 24th minute, Alba hit the side net with a shot.

In the 26th minute, Messi crossed De Jong to grab a shot to help Barcelona break the deadlock.

　　In the 41st minute, Messi took a direct free kick and almost scored, but Alvaro Fernandez made another wonderful save.

In the 63rd minute of the easy side battle, Mir’s wonderful heel shot was resolved by Ter Stegen.

In the end, Barcelona defeated Huesca 1-0 in an away game to get a good start to the New Year and rose to fifth place in the standings.

　　After the game, De Jong, who scored a goal, said: "The assist Messi sent was very good. I can jump up and shoot more comfortably. I am satisfied with that goal. Today, the opponents contracted to give us very little space. In this case, we need to fight more behind the opponent. We are very happy with today's victory."

Image source: Official Weibo of the Spanish Football League

　　In another game, the leader Atletico Madrid played away at Mendizorosa Stadium and played against Alaves.

In the 41st minute, Suarez assisted Lent to break Atletico to take the lead.

　　In the 61st minute, LaGuardia was sent off for a foul, and Alaves challenged ten people.

However, in the 84th minute Alaves launched an attack and Felipe scored an own goal, and Alaves was lucky to equalize the score.

At the end of the game, Felix passed Suarez in front of the goal. The latter easily scored a lore goal in the 89th minute, helping Atletico to win the first victory in 2021 and continue to top the La Liga.

　　In other matches, Ebar beat Granada 2:0, Real Sociedad drew with Osasuna 1:1, and Athletic Bilbao defeated Elche 1:0.

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