Spain’s normal suspects are a little less normal. Even in a weekend dominated by a Barcelona player and which ended with Madrid top,a pleasing trend continuedOnce he had set off, there was no way anyone would catch him. nearly 50 yards he flew, and through the middle,getting faster and faster until he gently applied the brakes and, gentler still, or lifted the ball into the net. “Superstar,” said the headline along the top of the paper. That’s along the top, not across the middle. He’s not Cristiano Ronaldo or Leo Messi; he doesn’t even play for Madrid or Barcelona and nor do any of them: not the man who got a last-minute winner to move joint top; the playmaker with a hat-trick of assists; the summer signing who put his side in front; the veteran who dinked a brilliant goal; or the local boy belting in a beauty. But this was no one-off and certainly no fluke. Not for Antoine Griezmann or Nolito, or not for Marco Asensio,Borja Bastón, Aritz Aduriz or Lucas Pérez. Related: Cristiano Ronaldo breaks Raúls genuine Madrid scoring record against Levante Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com