Barcelona 5-Getafe 2 | Football belongs to Messi

Leo Messi took the floor in the debate on the future of football. There are some who say that football is business and others that it belongs to the fans. Respectable opinions until the game starts and it all depends on the players. Then, the doubts dissipate and football is theirs, and if Messi is among those chosen in shark mode, then there is no doubt: football belongs to Messi. The Argentine was the determining factor for Barça to beat Getafe 5-2 and continue to depend on itself to win LaLiga in a game that the Blaugrana team was complicated in a bad way when they had it filed.

The first part of the Argentine against Getafe was a separate appearance compared to the one played by the rest of the contenders. For those who saw the game, it is not necessary to explain that every time the ball reached the Blaugrana 10 other things happened, but for those who do not see it and trust the numbers, the cold statistics can be provided. In 45 minutes, Barça shot six times, all Messi's shots; Two of those shots hit the post, from Messi, of course, and Getafe's own goal came after pressure from the Argentine. In the second, when Barça suffered, Leo gave Araújo a gift to close a game that was on the way to tachycardia.

Koeman, who is not a friend of changing what works, only introduced a change in his team compared to the one that won the Cup. Sergi Roberto left for Dest and the option of making Dembélé play was ruled out in morning training with the Frenchman's injury .

Bordalás, for his part, moved the team thinking about the duel against Huesca (which did the same against Atlético) and endured Messi’s downpour as best he could, who had already fired at the crossbar after four minutes.

The game was put at ease for Messi's team at 8 minutes when Leo scored 1-0, but Lenglet, who had already seen a yellow at six minutes, insisted on complicating things. The French center-back scored a cross from Ángel on his own goal (or it was a goal or a penalty), who read perfectly that Barça played with one less for a blow from Mingueza.

The duel was complicated for the Blaugrana, but Chakla dismantled the attempt of Bordalás corresponding to Lenglet's error with another own goal when he made a mess with Soria in the loan.

Barça did not miss the invitation to enter the game again and Messi continued with his parade. To the point of inventing a goal with self-assist. Leo fired at the post, bouncing the ball after crashing into the post and picking up the rebound, set the ball gently to make it 3-1.

In the resumption, Koeman withdrew his centrals and Bordalás began to think more about Huesca. It seemed that the truce Messi had imposed in the first half was being signed. But Laziness is treacherous and when it seemed that nothing was going to happen, Araújo committed a penalty by stepping on Unal that the referee did not see and that the VAR detected so that the Turk could add emotion to the game. 3-2 in the absence of 20 minutes and what seemed sentenced entered the nervous phase. And Koeman, to add spice to the stew, introduced Umtiti by Mingueza, who had not played for six games.

With Barça being the victim of its ghosts and Getafe grown, Messi reappeared to place a corner that Araújo finished off on goal before Griezmann, already in the discount, rounded the score with a penalty goal that Messi, owner of everything , gave him to make up a painful game.