Messi arrived in Valencia with two jobs: to solve the game for Barça at Mestalla and to prevent Sánchez Martínez from taking him a yellow card that would have prevented him from playing Atlético de Madrid on Saturday. He did both. The first, with more suffering. Because The Argentine scored two goals that make him more of the leader in the scorers' table (28), but lived a drama for a few seconds. Cillessen guessed the penalty shot and rejected it.
Fortunately, Sergio Busquets, an old partner, threw him a cable and went for the rebound, which after another rebound ended up again in Messi, who made it 1-1. Then Messi he removed the thorn with another free-kick goal, who shoots penalties with much more taste and sensitivity. The six-time Ballon d'Or, Like De Jong or Griezmann, he did not see a yellow card and will be on Saturday (4:15 pm) in the game against Atlético de Madrid.