Lionel Messi, decisive in FC Barcelona

The FC Barcelona its drought ended in ours League, as he accumulated four consecutive days without knowing victory in the domestic competition. Having drew against Sevilla and Deportivo Alavés, along with defeats against Real Madrid and Getafe, the Catalans managed to clearly overtake Real Betis in Barcelona.

A competition in which, as has been the custom for more than a decade in the Catalan squad, the figure of Lionel Messi (33 years). However, with an interesting nuance, given that the Barcelona captain and the Argentine national team would start the battle on the bench, having to replace an Ansu Fati (18) who will remain in dry dock for three or five months for a serious injury.

A surprising fact

According to statistics compiled by colleagues of the newspaper How, the Rosary accumulates a huge 26 points when he did not start in the regularity tournament in our country. During his successful sports career, Leo has seen goals in a total of 38 times in 83 commitments that was not chosen as a starting point.

It is therefore clear that Messi is still far from the version with which he has been in love with the beautiful game on a global scale for so long. However, Ronald Koeman, coach of the five-time Champions League winner, is aware of Leo’s importance and leadership in the Camp Nou squad.