Barcelona win easily before receiving PSG on Tuesday night.
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LLUIS GENE / AFP
A recital.
Four days after the stinging setback in Seville in the semi-final first leg of the Copa del Rey (2-0), Barça offered a show of force on Saturday night against a totally overwhelmed Alavés team (5-1), and returned to second in the standings, eight points behind the leader, Atlético Madrid (54 pts).
With a brace, Lionel Messi carried the Blaugranas to a 12th consecutive success in La Liga, a salutary victory three days before the reception of Paris Saint-Germain in C1.
Francisco Trincao (21) opened the scoring on an intelligent delivery from Ilaix Moriba (29th), then Messi entered the scene: he sent a post that came in millimeter just before the break (45th + 1), launched the call in depth for the 2nd goal of Trincao (74th), remotely guided his ball of the double in the top corner (75th) and offered a brilliant ladle to Antoine Griezmann, decisive passer on the last goal of Junior Firpo (80th).
And now Paris
The Argentinian could even have afforded a hat-trick if his goal at the resumption of a strike rejected by the goalkeeper of Alavés had not been canceled by video refereeing (36th).
“He's very invested, very happy, and he's becoming very realistic.
Its vista is impressive.
To aspire to something and win this game [against PSG], we will need not only a great Leo, but also everyone else in their best form, ”Koeman said at a post-match press conference. .
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