• Chronicle.Messi defeats boredom (3-0)

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Leo Messi

finished the game against Elche with a smile from ear to ear.

Something that was reflected, for example, in the way in which the Barça star asked

Edgar Badia

to correspond in an exchange of shirts that took the goalkeeper of the Elche team completely by surprise.

During the game, the goalkeeper saw how the Argentine crashed the ball against the net on two occasions.

Two goals with enormous value.

They meant reaching

18 in the league

.

And with this, surpass his good friend

Luis Suárez

in the fight for the Pichichi and match his eternal rival,

Cristiano Ronaldo

, in the fight for the 2021 Golden Boot. The great favorite for that trophy, however, remains for now a

Robert Lewandowski

who has no less than 26 goals in the Bundesliga.

Ronald Koeman

, the day before the game, demanded that the veterans step up to show the way to the youth.

And, Messi, at least, more than fulfilled.

"When I spoke of the elders it was not because of Leo. His effectiveness is still quite impressive. There are more veteran people, others who also have to make a difference. He has shown that he is a very important player for this team", assured the Barcelona coach at the end of the game.

He did not even hesitate to praise the blow on the table that the Argentine gave to ask his teammates for more intensity in another first half to forget.

This is how the television cameras picked it up.

"I have not seen those images, but

I think everyone saw that we lacked intensity and rhythm of the ball

. It is good that Messi, as captain, asks for more intensity," stressed the coach.

In his opinion, the first 45 minutes lacked

grit and rhythm

.

"Above all, he was unhappy with our game rhythm, with our play with the ball. I think it was a bit slow, the defense was far behind in losses, there were spaces to run, the team was not very close ... Everything We improved that in the second half, in which we scored three goals and had more options. I'm very happy for that second half, but not for the first 45 minutes, "said the Dutchman, who ruled out having pointed to

Pjanic

as guilty of everything. with his change to rest by

Dembélé

.

COMPREHENSIVE

"If you change a player, it seems that he is the culprit of a bad part, but it is not like that. The others did not put more rhythm either. We placed Leo in the position of 'ten' and we gave Ousmane entry to have more depth. it was what we looked for with the replacement of Pjanic ", explained a Koeman who also brought out his more understanding side.

"For me, the attitude was good. If the rhythm was lacking, it was not due to a lack of attitude. Sometimes, the opposite causes things to not go the way you wanted. It can happen, we are not machines,

we are human beings

. Sometimes you play better and others, worse, but the team showed its personality and its desire in the second half, "explained the Dutchman, who also ruled out that the bench, from the start, was a punishment for anyone.

Above all, for

Griezmann

.

"We must not forget that we play many games, so there may be fatigue on the part of some player. That is why we made changes, to have more freshness in the team. It is always about looking for the best for each game.

Antoine

, for example, He had played many games. It is normal, we do not have only 11 players, we have more, "he settled.

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