Lionel Messi scored his five hundredth career
goal for Barcelona to
grant the Catalan club a dramatic 3-2 win in injury
time against 10-man Real Spanish capital within
the "classic" on Sunday, going the Spanish league title race wide open.
Messi webbed his milestone goal — his second of the night — with an occasional left-foot shot from within the realm once a cross by Jordi Alba 2 minutes into stoppage time.
That goal left the 2 rivals level at the highest on seventy five points. Barcelona leads on the head-to-head extra time however Spanish capital has six games left — an extra than Barcelona.
It was the second consecutive win by Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu structure, coming back once a 4-0 rout last season that place Spanish capital in crisis and eventually light-emitting diode to the replacement of coach Rafa Benitez by Zinedine Zidane.
This year's ending might keep Spanish capital from winning the league title for the primary time since 2012, and provides the Catalan club its third straight La Liga trophy.
"We cannot be happy," Zidane aforementioned. "When you do not place the sport away, things like this may happen. We tend to area unit frustrated as a result of we tend to did not should lose."
It was another outstanding performance by Messi, World Health Organization vie a part of the sport with a bloody mouth once colliding with Spanish capital left back Marcelo's elbow.
"He is that the best player in history," Barcelona coach Luis Enrique aforementioned of Messi. "He makes the distinction."
Messi's winner at the Bernabeu came once Sergi Roberto created an excellent run from Barcelona's defense, resulting in Alba's low go across the realm as Messi came charging to one-touch the ball into the corner past the diving Keylor Navas.
Messi's 1st goal came once he got past Luka Modric and Dani Carvajal with a run within the realm once studying a pass Ivan Rakitic outside the box up the thirty third.
Messi is that the incomparable leading scorer within the classic with twenty three goals.
He has scored fourteen goals in his last ten league matches, and is that the competition's leading scorer with thirty one goals, seven over mate Luis Suarez. Argentine Republic playmaker has forty seven goals with Barcelona in forty six games this season.
It was an exciting match at the Bernabeu, with the group’s offensive from the beginning and giving each goalkeepers many work.
Casemiro had place the hosts ahead from shut vary once Sergio Ramos stricken the post within the twenty eighth. Once equalizing 5 minutes later, Messi conjointly helped discovered Barcelona's go-ahead goal by Rakitic within the 73rd, a robust left-footed shot from outside the realm.
Ramos was sent off with a straight red card within the 77th once a foul on Messi to prevent the playmaker from a one-on-one scenarioin a very breakaway. Despite that, Spanish capital still found the strength to equalize within the eighty fifth with substitute James Rodriguez. He redirected a cross by Marcelo solely 3 minutes once he had entered the match to switch Karim Benzema.
"We tend to aren’t sensible once we equal," Zidane aforementioned. "We thought we tend to might score the third goal, however it's dangerous to press up front after you area unit wiggling with ten men."
Navas created 3 exceptional saves within the half alone — on a close-range header by Gerard Pique, a trial by Luis Suarez and another strike by Pique.
Barcelona's Marc-Andre ter Stegen conjointly came up with massive stops, together with a header by Benzema and a trial by Marco Asensio.
"It was a match between 2 groups that went for the ending," Luis Enrique aforementioned. "Either one might have won it."
Cristiano Ronaldo had many smart possibilities however wasn't ready to maximize them.
Madrid forward Gareth Bale, World Health Organization was uncertain before the sport, came off the sector abraded once morewithin the thirty ninth.
Ramos left the pitch exchanging words with Pique, adding to the continued spat between the veteran European country defenders.
Wearing the inexperienced jacket from his 1st career major ending at Augusta earlier this month, Masters Champion Sergio Garcia performed the unearned kickoff before the sport.
REAL SOCIEDAD one, DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA zero
Brazilian striker Willian Jose scored within the half and Real Societal persevered to ending over Deportivo La Coruna to remain in competition for a Galilean League spot next season.
Jose webbed the winner with a header into the highest corner within the twenty eighth minute at Anoeta structure, moving host Real Sociedad into sixth place with 5 rounds to travel.
Real Sociedad opened a two-point gap on seventh-placed Athletic Bilbao that plays at Eibar on weekday.
CELTA VIGO zero, REAL BETIS one
Celta Vigo followed its qualification for the semifinals of the Galilean League with a home loss against Real Betis.
Darko Brasanac scored a 54th-minute goal for the guests that stirred any far from the relegation zone with their second consecutive ending.
Celta stayed in tenth place.
LAS PALMAS one, ALAVES 1
Kevin-Prince Boateng scored within the forty fourth minute for Las Palmas and Ibai Gomez equal within the 61st as Las Palmas and Alaves vie to a draw that unbroken each groups close to the center of the table.
Messi webbed his milestone goal — his second of the night — with an occasional left-foot shot from within the realm once a cross by Jordi Alba 2 minutes into stoppage time.
That goal left the 2 rivals level at the highest on seventy five points. Barcelona leads on the head-to-head extra time however Spanish capital has six games left — an extra than Barcelona.
It was the second consecutive win by Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu structure, coming back once a 4-0 rout last season that place Spanish capital in crisis and eventually light-emitting diode to the replacement of coach Rafa Benitez by Zinedine Zidane.
This year's ending might keep Spanish capital from winning the league title for the primary time since 2012, and provides the Catalan club its third straight La Liga trophy.
"We cannot be happy," Zidane aforementioned. "When you do not place the sport away, things like this may happen. We tend to area unit frustrated as a result of we tend to did not should lose."
It was another outstanding performance by Messi, World Health Organization vie a part of the sport with a bloody mouth once colliding with Spanish capital left back Marcelo's elbow.
"He is that the best player in history," Barcelona coach Luis Enrique aforementioned of Messi. "He makes the distinction."
Messi's winner at the Bernabeu came once Sergi Roberto created an excellent run from Barcelona's defense, resulting in Alba's low go across the realm as Messi came charging to one-touch the ball into the corner past the diving Keylor Navas.
Messi's 1st goal came once he got past Luka Modric and Dani Carvajal with a run within the realm once studying a pass Ivan Rakitic outside the box up the thirty third.
Messi is that the incomparable leading scorer within the classic with twenty three goals.
He has scored fourteen goals in his last ten league matches, and is that the competition's leading scorer with thirty one goals, seven over mate Luis Suarez. Argentine Republic playmaker has forty seven goals with Barcelona in forty six games this season.
It was an exciting match at the Bernabeu, with the group’s offensive from the beginning and giving each goalkeepers many work.
Casemiro had place the hosts ahead from shut vary once Sergio Ramos stricken the post within the twenty eighth. Once equalizing 5 minutes later, Messi conjointly helped discovered Barcelona's go-ahead goal by Rakitic within the 73rd, a robust left-footed shot from outside the realm.
Ramos was sent off with a straight red card within the 77th once a foul on Messi to prevent the playmaker from a one-on-one scenarioin a very breakaway. Despite that, Spanish capital still found the strength to equalize within the eighty fifth with substitute James Rodriguez. He redirected a cross by Marcelo solely 3 minutes once he had entered the match to switch Karim Benzema.
"We tend to aren’t sensible once we equal," Zidane aforementioned. "We thought we tend to might score the third goal, however it's dangerous to press up front after you area unit wiggling with ten men."
Navas created 3 exceptional saves within the half alone — on a close-range header by Gerard Pique, a trial by Luis Suarez and another strike by Pique.
Barcelona's Marc-Andre ter Stegen conjointly came up with massive stops, together with a header by Benzema and a trial by Marco Asensio.
"It was a match between 2 groups that went for the ending," Luis Enrique aforementioned. "Either one might have won it."
Cristiano Ronaldo had many smart possibilities however wasn't ready to maximize them.
Madrid forward Gareth Bale, World Health Organization was uncertain before the sport, came off the sector abraded once morewithin the thirty ninth.
Ramos left the pitch exchanging words with Pique, adding to the continued spat between the veteran European country defenders.
Wearing the inexperienced jacket from his 1st career major ending at Augusta earlier this month, Masters Champion Sergio Garcia performed the unearned kickoff before the sport.
REAL SOCIEDAD one, DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA zero
Brazilian striker Willian Jose scored within the half and Real Societal persevered to ending over Deportivo La Coruna to remain in competition for a Galilean League spot next season.
Jose webbed the winner with a header into the highest corner within the twenty eighth minute at Anoeta structure, moving host Real Sociedad into sixth place with 5 rounds to travel.
Real Sociedad opened a two-point gap on seventh-placed Athletic Bilbao that plays at Eibar on weekday.
CELTA VIGO zero, REAL BETIS one
Celta Vigo followed its qualification for the semifinals of the Galilean League with a home loss against Real Betis.
Darko Brasanac scored a 54th-minute goal for the guests that stirred any far from the relegation zone with their second consecutive ending.
Celta stayed in tenth place.
LAS PALMAS one, ALAVES 1
Kevin-Prince Boateng scored within the forty fourth minute for Las Palmas and Ibai Gomez equal within the 61st as Las Palmas and Alaves vie to a draw that unbroken each groups close to the center of the table.
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